Is my school list realistic?

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I applied to 15 MD schools in the 2017-2018 cycle and received one II from my state school and ended up on the waitlist (upper half, if that counts for anything). I think one of my biggest weaknesses was my school list--I applied to mostly mid-tier and low-yield schools and didn't apply to any DO schools. This time around, I've invested in the MSAR and I've come up with what is hopefully a more realistic list of schools.

Stats
3.76 GPA, 3.66 sGPA (3.6/3.7/3.7/3.6 --> would this be considered a downward trend?)
512 MCAT
Clinical: 80 hours of shadowing, 100 hours of hospice volunteering, 1600 hours of medical assistant work
Research: 4 year biochemistry research program (no pubs but presented poster at a national conference), summer internship at USUHS, English thesis on the medical humanities
Non-clinical volunteering: 415 hours of mentoring/tutoring students at Title I schools through various programs
Other ECs: TAed two courses (biostats and scriptwriting), fiction editor of campus literary magazine, ambassador and mentor for college honors program
Other notable experiences: graduated from a creative writing program at my undergrad with multiple awards and short story publications (probably not important for med schools but it's something I'm proud of), interned at the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy

Biggest changes to my application since 2017: 1600 hours of MA work, an addition 190 non-clinical volunteering hours, poster presentation, medical humanities thesis, OSTP internship

MD

1. University of Maryland (state school)
2. USUHS
3. EVMS
4. Quinnipiac
5. University of Arizona Tuscon
6. Geisinger
7. University of Toledo
8. MCW
9. Nova Southeastern
10. Tulane
11. Albany Medical College
12. Rush
13. University of Vermont
14. Cooper Medical School of Rowan
15. Wake Forest
16. Loyola

DO

1. NYITCOM
2. PCOM
3. LECOM
4. UNECOM

I know this is a long post and May is a busy month for a lot of people, so I really appreciate any and all feedback!

 

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Arizona, Cooper, Toledo accept few non residents with your stats and no connection to the state. I suggest adding these schools.
New York Medical College
Seton Hall
Penn State
Drexel
Temple
Jefferson
West Virginia
Virginia Commonwealth
Oakland Beaumont
Western Michigan
Wayne State
Rosalind Franklin
St. Louis
Creighton
TCU-UNT
Kaiser
California University
Loma Linda