Medical WAMC/School List

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Just got my MCAT score back and not too happy - < 508
Planning to retake I think.
GPA: Got an official undergrad transcript and noticed my "Undergraduate Career Totals" is 3.8. I'd been thinking it was < 3.4 this entire time!! My science is sadly probably less than 3.5 depending on how AMCAS classifies some of my classes.

Need help with a school list.
CT resident
Undergrad > 7 yrs ago
Currently in healthcare x > 5 yrs
Did research with a professor in undergrad (published, I am listed on the paper - only both of us so I'm 2nd author?).
TA in undergrad
Mentor for young girls (2012-2017) - Church related.
Have another church-related activity that would fit in Leadership category
Work with homeless population (part of current job so not really volunteer but have been involved in some activities outside of work hours) - Not sure where this fits on activity list (Volunteer vs Non)
Few hrs of Habitat for Humanity (Stopped to study for MCAT but plan to restart when it is warmer out) < 50hrs
Preceptor/"assistant clinical professor"
Will have great LORs.
URM

Potential school list.
UCONN
Quinnipiac (Received a degree here)
Stony Brook (Alma mater)
Howard
Morehouse
Meharry
Drexel
Temple (Sadly not Jefferson as they have limits on how far back undergrad coursework was done)
NYMC
Albany
Tulane
Rosalind Franklin
EVMS
Wake Forest
Loyola
Case Western
Hofstra
Georgetown
George Washington
VCU (Donation?)
Cooper/Rowan (Donation?)
Rutgers (Donation?)
University of Vermont (Donation?)
Virginia Tech (Donation?)
UNC (Donation?)

Any Texas Schools? - Strong family ties here and other than my state school, would be my dream!!!!

Possible DO list:
UNECOM
PCOM
ROWAN
NOVA

Thank you!!!

Your list looks all right, and I don't think you necessarily need to retake the MCAT.

Take a look at this table:

https://www.aamc.org/download/321508/data/factstablea23.pdf

Based solely on the information here, you have about a 65% chance of acceptance. However, your URM status, presuming your essays and letters are excellent, will give you a second look at some places that you might have initially been overlooked. Your list, presuming you are happy with it, actually looks ok, and you might swap out a few of the schools where you wrote "donation" with some higher tier private schools just to put your hat in the ring. If finances are an issue as well, I think you could get away with applying to 20 schools given your good stats (GPA and MCAT together), despite your slightly lower science GPA.