MD & DO Help with school list and chances for MD/DO?

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Help with school list and chances of getting in?

Re-applying for MD but first time applying for DO this year.

ORM
State of Residence: California
cGPA: 3.6 upward trend my junior and senior years
sGPA 3.7
MCAT: 508

ECs:
Clinical volunteer:
One year service program: ~1760 hours as a patient liaison and advocate. Serving and living in an extremely impoverished neighborhood.
Hospital Volunteer: Patient transport duties ~150 hours

Nonclincial Work:
Service org during undergraduate studies. ~300 hours in total serving the greater Los Angeles community. A lot of exposure to underserved populations.
Operations Assistant: ~490 hours. Full time summer job. Set up events and other needed amenities on campus.
Tri-Beta: Biological honor society
Dean's List
AED: Preprofessional prehealth honor society
Basketball Coach
: Young athletes from ages 6- 16, all ethnicities.

Shadowing:
PhysMed/Rehab Doctor ~300 hours during the summer - also performed scribe duties
OR cases ~10 hours - saw a total knee (it was awesome, but loooong)
Emergency Department ~10 hours
DO doctor ~10 hours in clinic - endocrinologist
ICU doctor ~15 hours

Nationally Registered EMT - did not work as an EMT, because of the time frame of going to Baltimore, but got the training and am registered as one.

Research:
Tropical Ecology research: Traveled to Mexico to perform ecological research based on cattle impact of reforestation efforts. Had a research symposium presentation on this research
Chemistry Research: Analyzed anthocyanins in red wine and applied the analysis to predict different UV-vis spectra of various anthocyanin molecules


Thanks for any help y'all can give me!
 
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