Help With School List (CA/ORM)

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Hello everyone! This is my first post and I'm hoping to get some feedback on my school list. Here are some information:
GPA: 3.96 Science GPA: 3.97 UC Berkeley
First Gen Immigrant/ College Student, Disadvantaged Status (Low income, Pell Grants)
MCAT: 523 (131/129/131/132)
Clinical Volunteering: Medical Assistant (around 600 hours as of now, ongoing), Will be starting another clinical volunteer position in the upcoming semester
Non clinical Volunteering: 300
Shadowing: 25
Work Experience: Tutoring (3 years), Restaurant Server
Very little research
No Gap Year
Other ECs: started and led a club focusing on Healthcare Inequities for underserved communities (Club President)

I understand my grades are good, but I am concerned about my little research and am afraid my school list is poorly crafted. I am applying to all California schools, and am hoping to add more OOS-friendly schools

UC Irvine
Kaiser
USC Keck
UC David
UCLA
UC Riverside
UC San Diego
California University of Science and Medicine
California Northstate University
UCSF
Stanford
Albany Medical College
Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical
New York Medical College
State University of NY Upstate
University of Rochester
Albert Einstein
Oregon Health and Science University
Cornell
Northeast Ohio Medical University
Boston University
Medical College Wisconsin
USF Health Morsani
Ohio State University of Medicine
University of Arizona (Tucson)
University of Arizona (Phoenix)
University of Cincinatti
Georgetown
George Washinton
Rush
Tulane
University of Central Florida
Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine
Florida Atlantic Schmidt
Miami Miller
Emory

I would appreciate any form of feedback! Thank you so much in advance :)

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UC Irvine
Kaiser
USC Keck
UC David
UCLA
UC Riverside (only if you are from the Inland Empire)
UC San Diego
UCSF
Stanford
University of Rochester
Albert Einstein
Cornell
Boston University
USF Health Morsani
Ohio State University of Medicine
University of Cincinatti
Tulane
University of Central Florida
U VM
U MI
U VA
U WI
U CO
U MA
SUNY.SB
UTxSW
WashU
JHU
HARVARD
YALE
U PENN
BAYLOR
VANDY
U CHICAGO
NORTHWESTERN
TUFTS
HOFSTRA
ALL Manhattan Titans
Above is a more realistic list, in addition to the changes I made to your list.

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U MI
U VA
U WI
U CO
U MA
SUNY.SB
UTxSW
WashU
JHU
HARVARD
YALE
U PENN
BAYLOR
VANDY
U CHICAGO
NORTHWESTERN
TUFTS
HOFSTRA
ALL Manhattan Titans

Above is a more realistic list, in addition to the changes I made to your list.

Get in more shadowing, and service to others less fortunate than yourself
Thank you Goro! This was very helpful. I have a little concern - I'm not sure if it would be wise for me to apply to the top schools you listed like HARVARD,YALE, etc without significant research experience?
 
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