Medical Is my school list too top heavy? (Low research and volunteering)

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State of Residence: Texas
GPA: 3.97
MCAT: 525
Ethnicity: Brazilian (first gen grad school, no first gen college degree)
Traditional applicant: Rising Senior at top state school
EC's:
~2500 hours clinical employment (medical assistant in peds)
~200 hours online volunteering at Crisis Text Line
~80 hours volunteers at blood drive
~300 hours research ( <1 year, no pubs/posters)
~25 hours shadowing (IM)
~30 hours scribe (peds)
-Leadership position in fraternity (<1 year, significant position)
~Bodybuilding (coached my friends, meaningful activity, >5 years)

Would my lack of significant community service or research experience be considered a red flag at some of these schools? This app cycle has been getting expensive for me, and I just want to know if I would be throwing away money by applying to some of these schools.

Baylor
Columbia
Dell (UT Austin)
Duke
Harvard
Johns Hopkins
Mcgovern
Northwestern
NYU
Tech (Lubbock)
UCLA
UCSF
UMich
Upenn
UT San Antonio
Ut Southwestern
UTMB
WashU
Yale
Aiming too high. Add in some Keck and Einstein/Emory class schools

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That's what I was thinking. Should I remove schools like Harvard? Thanks for your help!

As long as you're adding in more schools to replace it, you don't need to remove it. you don't know what will happen. if you can afford it, apply to Harvard as well and just see what interviews you get!
 
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