School list critique + additions for 515 MCAT, 3.8 GPA, CA ORM

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Timeline: Applying at the end of my senior year in a couple months

1. cGPA and sGPA: 3.86 (sGPA 3.8)
2. MCAT score(s) and breakdown: 515 (130/129/128/128), one attempt
3. State of residence: CA
4. Ethnicity and/or race: ORM (Asian)
5. Undergraduate institution or category: T50
6. Clinical experience (volunteer and non-volunteer): 350 hours (all volunteer)
   1. 250 hours at a safety net hospital
   2. 50 hours with street medicine program
   3. 50 hours as a medical assistant
7. Research experience and productivity: 1000 hours in biological research
   1. First lab: 500 hours; mostly through a paid summer fellowship program, 1 poster presented
   2. Second (current) lab: 500 hours; 2 mid-author pubs and 1 poster presentation award at regional conference
8. Shadowing experience and specialties represented: 40 hours of primary care
9. Non-clinical volunteering: 275 hours
   1. 200 hours with homeless shelter (one of my most meaningful experiences + strong rec letter)
   2. 75 hours tutoring children who are domestic violence survivors
10. Other extracurricular activities (including athletics, military service, gap year activities, leadership, teaching, etc):
    1. Martial arts: 1000+ hrs, officer of club
    2. Art: 800+ hrs in college but is a long-time hobby; founder and president of an art club
    3. Running: 1000+ hrs in college. Also a long-time hobby of mine, but no “official involvement” like participating in a club or races beyond high school
11. Relevant honors or awards:
    1. University award for significant research
    2. Dean’s list
12. Anything else not listed you think might be important: Interested in street medicine and social work as a physician

School list (19 so far):
State schools:
UCSF (reach)
UCLA (reach)
UCSD
UCI
UCD

Targets:
USC Keck
Loyola (Stritch)
University of Colorado
VCU
Temple (Lewis Katz)
Boston University
George Washington
Georgetown
EVMS
Albany
Einstein
Kaiser

Reaches that are not in the UCs:
Mount Sinai
Stanford


School list help:
I’m looking to apply to 25-30 schools. I’m primarily looking for:

• Schools which have (mostly) P/F curriculums
• Are situated in urban areas and/or have strong social welfare (preferably street medicine) programs
• Preferably have a home hospital

Though I’m aware that as a CA ORM with good but not stellar stats, I’m not really in a position to be picky lol, so recommendations for other schools which I have a good shot at are appreciated!

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Loyola is looking for applicants with more clinical and non clinical hours than you have. You could add any of these schools:
Vermont
Quinnipiac
UMass
Tufts
New York Medical College
Hackensack
Jefferson
Drexel
Wake Forest
USF Morsani
TCU
St. Louis
Rosalind Franklin
Medical College Wisconsin
Western Michigan
Oakland Beaumont
Roseman
Alice Walton
Belmont