General Do I have a shot at DO?

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Year in school: Senior at a top-tier program

Country/state of residence: MO

Cumulative GPA: 3.9

Science GPA: 3.8

MCAT Scores: 505

Research – include any abstracts/posters/publications and how you were credited (eg. First author, senior author, etc):
500 hours - PD/Alzheimer’s research. Non-productive!

Volunteering (clinical) – include hours/sites:
230 hours at a local hospital on the oncology floor

Physician shadowing – include hours/specialties:
Scribing ~ 700 hours.
Family Medicine - 60 hours
Pediatrics - 40 hours
Emergency Medicine - 50 hours (32 MD/18 DO)

Non-clinical volunteering:
228 Hours at a local Food Bank

Extracurricular activities:
E-board on three different clubs, involved in Club Baseball, an active member in 5 other clubs and 3 honor societies on campus. Neuroscience research!

Employment history:
6,000+ hours as a TA, RA, Res Hall Security, Orgo Proctor/Grader, Scribe (promoted to management). Summer jobs include 2 retail + 1 special one.

Please include time span and weekly commitment for volunteering/research/shadowing/extracurriculars:
Volunteering: 6+ hours/week (if able)
Research: 4-5 hours/week (if able)
Work: 40-50 hours/week
EC’s: 1-3 hours/week (clubs)

Immediate family members in medicine? (y/n) - No, also first-gen college

Specialty of interest: Rad Oncology

Interest in rural health (y/n): Yes, I'd love to give back to my communities and help out as much as possible.

ORM, severe socioeconomically disadvantaged. First-Gen. Grew up rural and medically underserved.

Thanks!
You don't need any more research, nor scribing/shadowing. Service to others less fortunate than yourself is always good.
I suggest:
Oakland U Beaumont
Gtown
EVMS
Rush
SLU (maybe)
MCW
Loma Linda (only if you are SDA or a very devout Christian)
Loyola
TCU/UNT
MCW
Rosy Franklin
Seton Hall
Uniformed Services University/Hebert (just be aware of the military service commitment)
WVU if from the Appalachians
Your state school(s).
Any DO school. I can't recommend Touro-NY, Nova, Wm Carey, LUCOM, for different reasons. MSUCOM? Read up on Larry Nasser and you decide. LMU has an accreditation warning, which concerns me. CalHS is too new and has a too small a rotations base, it seems.

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