TurtleEnthusiast17
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My impressions:
Shadowing is right at around 50 hours, so hopefully you'll have more. I need more details about your clinical experience as a MA.
We warn about non-US experiences and the problem with "voluntourism" especially with medical missions. I always look for signs of commitment and consistency when it comes to non-clinical volunteering, especially when serving vulnerable populations and giving the applicant a chance to really understand communities outside his/her comfort zone. To that extent, as described, non-clinical volunteering is pretty much teaching and tutoring, which is a typical premed/prehealth activity that won't allow one to stand out as much. It's not that the act of teaching isn't important, but backing up the experiences of going abroad by seeking analogous opportunities domestically is more justifiable in file deliberations.
Don't think that means I believe you have no shot. I think you do, and the list seems reasonable to me. Hopefully you know of other former students from your university who made it to medical school, including former athletes who might have been in a similar situation as yourself. That insight plus connections with other current students and admissions recruiters will help you.