California resident OOS school list advice

[moosher]

This seems to be a tradition over here, so here we go
About me:

-CA Resident
-Major: Biology
-3.91 gpa and 3.92 science gpa
-MCAT: 35M (12 ps,12 verbal, 11 bio)

Activities:
2 yrs of undergrad research, 2 second author pubs, presentation at symposium
1 summer of clinical volunteering at ED of hospital 60 hours
1 quarter of shadowing Surgeon 75 hours
1 year of chemistry department tutoring (prepared worksheets and lecture for exam reviews)
1 yr of school club visiting local elementary schools, doing interactive presentations on health and safety
1 quarter of course developing for organic chemistry lab
Work experience: few months tutoring at tutoring center for rich suburban kids
president of astronomy club (have keys to observatory), and officers on two other school clubs

Lors from: Bio research PI, upper div bio professor, chemistry professor, art studio professor, and doctor i shadowed

What are the weak points of the app, and how useful is a letter from the doctor i shadowed ?
School list
All UC's, USC, Stanford
Rosalind franklin
Virginia commenwealth
NYM
Temple
Tufts
Boston
Einstein
Ohio state
NYU
St. Louis, MO

Any other schools i should apply to? or ones i shouldn't bother at?

Thanks!

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[Ironmandoc]

Tufts and Boston are money suckers on apps and have 10k plus applicants each cycle. I'd apply elsewhere and save some money...

 

[qwerty2012]

3.80+ check
35 Mcat check
research/volunteer check

you sir are qualified for all of schools you are applying. It is now your upcoming interviews that will matter the most.

Be sincere and positive. Good luck.

 

[robertch8]

If you don't mind Arizona, definitely apply to the Arizona schools (with their 50% OOS rate now). I also think you could add some better schools in the cities (I can tell you clearly want to live in a real city for med school)-- Philly: you should add Jefferson and Penn as your dream school, NYC: Definitely add Einstein and Mt. Sinai (and Columbia if you want), Ohio: add Cincinnati, Chicago: add Northwestern, Rush, and UChicago, and some other big city schools like Miami, Georgetown, Emory.