WAMC/What are your thoughts on my app?

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The app:

• GPAs:
  • Total: 3.86 | BCPM: 3.76
• MCAT:
  • 6/27/20: 503 (127|123|127|126)
  • 7/23/20: 514 (128|128|130|128)
• Asian-Indian Male, 22 y/o - US/Florida Citizen (ORM)
• Undergraduate: state university
  • Majors: Biomedical Sciences and Psychology
• Clinical experience/shadowing:
  • 394 hrs. volunteering in the ER
  • 107 hrs. training in-the-field/volunteering as an EMT
  • 20 hrs. physician shadowing (pulm/critical care physician)
• Research:
  • 500 hours of translational research/benchwork
    • No pubs, unfortunately
• Community Service/Non-clinical
  • 2 cultural/religious groups, total of 800 hours
• Leadership/Other
  • Paid employment as a teacher at a tutoring center - 386 hrs
  • Paid employment running my own side business (PC Tune-Up and Hardware Consultation) - 90 hrs
• Father is a physician
• School List (46 total schools, sent secondaries to nearly all of them)
  • Interviewed at NOVA MD (10/2) --> WL (10/27)
    • LOIntent sent: 1/14/21
  • Interviewed at Wayne State (12/11) --> WL (12/18)
    • LOInterest sent: 1/18/21
  • Interviewed at Virginia Tech (11/21) --> R (12/16)

Hey guys, thanks for taking a look at my app. Feel free to tear it apart! I applied this cycle and was fortunate enough to interview at 3 schools. Most of my "complete" dates were in early August. Should've applied earlier, but had a relatively strong secondary turnover time. Gonna start reapplying even though I know both Wayne and NOVA MD have relatively strong WL movement. Hope for the best and prepare for the worst, right?

Since applying, I have increased my shadowing hours and have continued paid employment as a teacher/instructor. My grades are fine, although I do have a C+ in Organic Chemistry II. I wonder if that is a massive red flag to adcoms. Other possible weaknesses besides low shadowing hours include a "cookie-cutter app that applied a bit too late" and perhaps poor interview performance/skills. I'm curious to see whether reapplication is warranted without pubs or another MCAT re-take. So what went wrong? What are your thoughts and recommendations?

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