MD WAMC/School List Review

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I am hoping to apply soon and am trying to finalize a school list (looking to apply to ~40 schools as a Cali resident). School list is a top-heavy so need some advice for undershoots that may fit goals/stats. I made my list based on the school's public-health/compsci programs as I am applying dual-degree to most of these so my undershoot schools ended up being low-yield. Any advice on schools I can swap those with would be greatly appreciated.

1. MCAT: 515 [129 CP/127 CARS/129 BB/130 PS]
2. GPA/Major: 3.75 (3.5 freshman year, 3.9 sophomore and junior year), top-ranked undergrad/Computer Engineering+Biochemistry Majors
3. Research (>2500 hours):
   1. honors thesis
   2. independent data analysis projects involving machine learning
   3. no pubs yet
4. Shadowing (160 hours):
   1. 120 hours pediatrics abroad
   2. 40 hours sports medicine/family medicine in US
5. Leadership - not otherwise listed (450 hours):
   1. Engineering society leadership (400 hours)
   2. Health disparity campus course developer and facilitator (50 hours)
6. Nonclinical Volunteering (850 hours):
   1. Founded and president of a medical aid club (700 hours)
   2. Underserved populations tutor (150 hours)
7. Clinical Volunteering (300 hours):
   1. 150 hours sports medicine clinic
   2. 150 hours children's hospital
8. Teaching: Biochem undergrad TA, Engineering society tutor
9. LoRs: Physician, PI, 3 science teachers
10. Other:
    1. played soccer throughout college
    2. I design/build furniture
    3. Have an interesting story with parents strongly against medicine
    4. Had a lot of family problems freshman year and had to go back and forth a lot
11. Strong interest in healthcare disparities and engineering medicine.

School List
Target + (25-50% MCAT):
I've listed all the MSTP program's I'm applying for here although all the MSTP MCAT averages are between 513-516.

U Illinois (MD/PhD)

UColorado (MD/PhD)

U Pitt (MD/PhD)

Einstein (MD/PhD)

Rochester

University of Minnesota (MD/PhD)

Kaiser Permanente (MD/PhD)

U Mass (MD/PhD)

Brown

NYU Long Island

UT Southwestern (MD/PhD)

Emory (MD/PhD)

Ohio State (MD/PhD)

University of Cincinatti (MD/PhD)

UCSD

USC

UC Irvine

Hofstra

UCSF - strong ties to this school

UCLA

U Mich

Case Western (CCLCM)

U Wisc - Madison (MD/PhD)

Boston U

Undershoot (above 75% MCAT):

Tulane

Albany Medical College

Temple

Virginia Tech

Drexel

Target - (51-75% MCAT):

UC Davis (family is from NorCal)

Georgetown

George Washington

Tufts

University of Miami

Dartmouth

Carle Illinois

Texas A&M (engineering track - no in-state preference)