Looking for some assistance in finalizing MD School list

[OtherEntree]

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Hello Friends! I'm looking for some help in regards to formulating my final school list, i.e. what schools I should remove/add.My primary concerns are my GPA, and my clinical experience, as although quantitatively it seems like a good amount, it has all come recently as I started a job not long after I graduated early. I wasn't too worried about my non-clinical volunteering as I had been doing it consistently for a long time, but now that I see it, it does seem a bit on the low end. Any feedback is appreciated!

1. cGPA: 3.57 sGPA: 3.4 General upward GPA trend culminating in a high GPA for the last few semesters.
2. MCAT: 519 (130/130/129/130)
3. State of Residence: MA
4. Ethnicity: Asian
5. Undergrad Category: Top Tier Non-Ivy University
6. Clinical experience= 33 hours clinic volunteer (only able to get shifts for one semester), 500 hours Clinical Research Coordinator (recent full-time position started within the last 5 months and continuing for gap year)
7. Research experience and productivity: 1500 hours basic science research split between home institution, Summer Intern at Pharmaceutical Company, and Summer Scholars Program at another institution (1 poster + abstract)
8. Shadowing experience and specialties represented: 16 hours (Neurology)
9. Non-clinical volunteering= 80 hours doing diverse types of service to help the community (total hour not much, but consistent participation for 1.5 years)
10. Other extracurricular activities (including athletics, military service, gap year activities, leadership, teaching, etc): Continuing Clinical Research Job throughout gap year
11. Relevant honors or awards: Dean's List, Honors
12. Anything else not listed you think might be important: Bulk of my clinical experience has come quite recently from my job, but does involve patient interactions.

LIST

UMass
Boston University
Tufts
U. Vermont
Temple University
Jefferson University
Georgetown
Emory
Case Western
Rutgers
U. Maryland
Tulane
Albert Einstein
Rosalind Franklin
UNC
Drexel
Eastern VA
VCU
George Washington
USC
(thought about applying to some of the UCs as well, but is it worth it?)
Dartmouth
Stony Brook
Quinnipiac
Medical College of Wisconsin
SUNY Downstate
SUNY Upstate

 

[acciobutterbeer]

More volunteering would make your application stronger... you could remove out of state public schools like Rutgers, UMaryland, etc and instead add schools like Miami and Western Michigan

 

[Dr panda]

Frankly, so far you look like a person who wants to be a scientist, not a physician. And I am afraid that your GPA is too low for research heavy schools, may be you should take a gap year, and get more service hours if you really want to be a doctor. Your current list includes schools that are very service-oriented.

 

[Faha]

I suggest these schools with your stats:
UMass
Tufts
Boston University
Vermont
Quinnipiac
Albany
New York Medical College
Hofstra
Seton Hall
Penn State
Drexel
Temple
Jefferson
George Washington
NOVA MD
Eastern Virginia
Virginia Commonwealth
Oakland Beaumont
Western Michigan
Wayne State
Medical College Wisconsin
Rosalind Franklin
TCU-UNT
Case Western
Pittsburgh
Rochester

 

[candbgirl]

Your ECs (except research)are really weak. 33 hours clinical experience, 16 hours shadowing and 80 hours nonclinical are ridiculous numbers for someone who claims to want to be a doctor. 500 clinical Research Coordinator sounds more administrative and clinical research usually considers participants as subjects and not patients. You really need to consider a gap year or two to fix your application. Get outside of your comfort zone ( the lab) and work with people that are not like you. How can you possibly know you want to spend the next 35+ years dealing with sick, injured and dying? Oh you also need to shadow a primary care doc for several hours. Your GPAs are lowish but nice job on the MCAT. Why not go for a Ph.D.?