Need help narrowing down my school list

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welp_thatsucks

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So in the event of a possible reapp I want to get some advice on my school list

Stuff in brackets is new stuff since last cycle

Stats: 513/3.9 , had to retake mcat (previously 500)

State- MO

No IAs or legal issues

Research – 1 pub . clinical research with anxiety/depressed patients, multiple poster and oral presentations at national/regional conferences, worked in about 4 labs

clinical – working with kids at children's hospital, clinical research with mental illness patients [have been working with autistic kids since then and am looking into childrens hospital volunteering again]

Physician shadowing – (80 hrs), Infectious disease specialist, cardiologist, OB/GYN

Non-clinical volunteering- over 500 hours of helping out in community at various organizations (too many to list) for several years, also cofounded 2 organizations - one to help kids in underserved regions get into STEM fields and the [other to help combat the stigma of mental illness]

Extracurricular activities- AED, Residence hall association, intramurals, rock climbing, teaching, dancing etc.

Employment history- job at gym since freshman year, TA, tutor [currently working at a job in research at a top 10 school]

I'm at about 40 schools and I'm aiming for ~20-30

Last cycle - Einstein, loyola, mayo, oakland, ohio state, penn state, slu, cinny, iowa, mizzou [on waitlist] , pitt, vcu [on waitlsit] , wake, seton hall (still waiting) , oklahoma , baylor, rochester, umichigan, indiana,

Was rejected from all but 3 (WL for 2, possible II at Seton Hall)

New list - Albany , Einstein , BU. Brown , Case Western , Rosalind Franklin , Cooper , Creighton , Dartmouth , Drexel , Eastern Virginia , Emory , George Washington , Georgetown , Hofstra , Loyola , Mayo Clinic School of Medicine (MN/AZ), Medical College of Wisconsin Oakland Beaumont, Ohio State , Penn State , Quinnipiac , Rush ,SLU, Temple , Geisinger Commonwealth , Thomas Jefferson University Sidney Kimmel Medical College , Tufts, Tulane , University of Cincinnati , University of Colorado , University of Iowa, University of Miami Miller ,Mizzou, Pitt, Rochester , University of Vermont, vcu, Wake Forest, Wash u
 
WashU and BU will be a donation; take your mom out for Mother's Day instead.

Delete Brown, Case, Cooper, OH State, Geisinger, U Cincy, U IA.

ADD: Hofstra, Nova MD, and any DO school, starting with KCOM, DMU, CCOM, and KCU
 
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