MD & DO WAMC and School List help for cGPA 3.47(v-shaped trend)/sGPA 3.40 /Asian/504 MCAT?

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State of Residence: Massachusetts
Ties to other States/Regions: Family in TX and CT
URM: No
Year in School: Graduated in 2019
Undergraduate Major: Biology
Cumulative GPA: 3.48 (Trend 3.7/2.96/3.6/3.7)
Science GPA: 3.4 (followed same trend basically)
MCAT Score: 504
Research Experience: 2000+ including undergrad (won award for poster presentation) and post-grad CRA position (4 publications - 1 of them I am 1st author)
Clinical Experience: 1500+ hours as medical assistant in derm
Physician Shadowing: 100+ hours with family med, derm and CT surgeon (no DO shadowing due to covid)
Volunteering: 100+ hours at a food bank, red cross and student organization during undergrad (volunteering cut short due to covid)
Other Extracurricular Activities: during college president of two clubs.
Other Employment History: worked part time 3 days a week at retail/food service all throughout undergrad due to financial situation
Other info: Plenty of great life experience due to personal illness - talked about in personal statement. Also worked all throughout undergrad to help support family.
Specialty of Interest: Internal medicine, PM&R, Dermatology
Interest in Primary Care: Yes
Interest in Rural Health: No
Medical School List:
Could use help with this? I think the MCAT/gpa is much too low for MD admissions but I wanted to try at some schools anyways. Is there any chance at MD programs at all?

Here is my list so far:
MD:
- Seton Hall-Hackensack
- EVMS
- V-tech
- MCW
- Indiana
- TCU
- Tulane
- Vermont
- NEOMED

DO:
RVU-COM
ATSU
Unecom
Rowan -SOM
PCOM
NYITCOM
DMUCOM
KCUCOM-Kansas city Missouri
Tuoro Nevada
Touro California
Tuoro NY
VCOM Carolinas
VCOM virginia
CCOM-Illinois
ACOM
LECOM
CUSOM
MU-COM
Michigan

Would love some insight from @Faha and @Goro (thanks to both of you for all you do!). If you recommend any alterations to the list?
 
For MD, I suggest:

Tulane
SLU (maybe)
Albany
Wayne State
MCW
Loma Linda (only if you are SDA or a very devout Christian)
Rosy Franklin
Uniformed Services University/Hebert (just be aware of the military service commitment)
U MA

For DO, your list is good, but delete Rowan (likes IS), RVU (unethical SOBs).

ADD: UIW, NYITCOM-AR,
 
For MD, I suggest:

Tulane
SLU (maybe)
Albany
Wayne State
MCW
Loma Linda (only if you are SDA or a very devout Christian)
Rosy Franklin
Uniformed Services University/Hebert (just be aware of the military service commitment)
U MA

For DO, your list is good, but delete Rowan (likes IS), RVU (unethical SOBs).

ADD: UIW, NYITCOM-AR,
Thanks so much! Honored to receive your advice. Just to clarify for the MD list, are you suggesting to consider applying to the one's you listed rather than the one's I had? Or to add those to my list?
 
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