WAMC + School List Help | 3.9 GPA, 512 MCAT, ORM

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Hi all, I would appreciate any feedback on my school list, I am hoping to narrow the MD school list down to 30-35 schools. I am planning to also apply to 5-10 DO schools. Thank you!

Demographics:
  • North Carolina resident
  • Indian Asian (ORM)
  • 23F
  • First-gen
College: UNC Chapel Hill, taking 2 gap years

Major/Minor: Nutrition Major

Combined GPA: 3.89

sGPA: 3.77

MCAT:
  • 510 -> 512 (130/126/128/128) (retake)
Clinical:
  • ED scribe - 1700 hour
  • Pharmacy tech - 450 hours, CVS pharmacy, also helped with COVID vaccine clinic
Research:
  • Research assistant - 750 hours, nutritional immunology, wet lab, poster presentation, manuscript in-revision
  • Clinical research coordinator - 590 hours, Psychiatry, full time gap year job
  • Work study research assistant - 200 hours, environmental pollutants and respiratory health, wet lab
Volunteering
  • President - 150 hours, undergraduate organization that designs STEM lessons for underserved students (elementary and middle school)
  • Volunteer - 250 hours, same organization as above but was just a volunteer for 2 years
  • Intern/Volunteer - 75 hours, nonprofit organization on promoting health equity through food drives, free mobile health clinics, educational workshops
  • English tutor - 40 hours, tutored a refugee
  • Friendly visitor volunteer - 15 hours, visit older adults living independently to give them company (take them to the park, play board games)
Shadowing:
  • ED - 25 hours
  • IM - 10 hours
  • Peds - 10 hours
School List (hoping to narrow down to 30-25 MD schools):
  1. UNC
  2. Wake Forest
  3. ECU
  4. Iowa
  5. Drexel
  6. Arkansas
  7. Indiana
  8. West Virginia University
  9. University of Vermont
  10. Cincinnati
  11. Temple
  12. UCF
  13. EVMS
  14. FIU
  15. Wayne State
  16. Rutgers RWJ
  17. Georgetown
  18. MCW
  19. U Maryland
  20. Illinois
  21. FAU
  22. Kansas
  23. Kentucky
  24. Virginia Tech
  25. Emory
  26. Tufts
  27. Colorado
  28. Jefferson
  29. Buffalo
  30. NYMC
  31. VCU
  32. Tennessee
  33. Alice L Walton School of Medicine
  34. Roseman MD
  35. George Washington
  36. RFU Chicago
  37. Penn State
  38. Albany
  39. Creighton
  40. Quinnipiac
  41. Hackensack
  42. Western Michigan
  43. Oakland Beaumont
  44. Tulane
  45. Geisinger
 
You have many state public schools on your list that admit few non residents with a MCAT of 512 and no connection to the state.
I suggest these schools from your list.
  • UNC
  • Wake Forest
  • ECU
  • Drexel
  • Indiana
  • University of Vermont
  • Temple
  • UCF
  • EVMS
  • FIU
  • Wayne State
  • Georgetown
  • MCW
  • FAU
  • Tufts
  • Jefferson
  • NYMC
  • VCU
  • Alice L Walton School of Medicine
  • Roseman MD
  • George Washington
  • RFU Chicago
  • Penn State
  • Albany
  • Creighton
  • Quinnipiac
  • Hackensack
  • Oakland Beaumont
  • Tulane
 
You have many state public schools on your list that admit few non residents with a MCAT of 512 and no connection to the state.
I suggest these schools from your list.
  • UNC
  • Wake Forest
  • ECU
  • Drexel
  • Indiana
  • University of Vermont
  • Temple
  • UCF
  • EVMS
  • FIU
  • Wayne State
  • Georgetown
  • MCW
  • FAU
  • Tufts
  • Jefferson
  • NYMC
  • VCU
  • Alice L Walton School of Medicine
  • Roseman MD
  • George Washington
  • RFU Chicago
  • Penn State
  • Albany
  • Creighton
  • Quinnipiac
  • Hackensack
  • Oakland Beaumont
  • Tulane
Thank you for the help, are there any schools you think I missed in my initial list?
 
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