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What are my chances?

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amhalum

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-Cumulative GPA: 3.81
-Science GPA: 3.78
-Graduated Summa Cum Laude; Class of 2016 Arizona State University
-1,300+ hours of community service in underserved communities (various services)
-1 year of neuro-oncology research at Mayo
-Tutored at Arizona State for two years
-Served as freshman mentor at Arizona State for three years
-Participated in various clubs at Arizona State
-Shadowed DO for ~100 hours
-Observed OMT
-Volunteered at Circle the City, a homeless/rehabilitation center partnered with AT Still
-Volunteered 250 hours at local hospital
-Participated in a refugee program in Canada with patient interaction
-Worked as a private tutor for a family for last two years; in addition, worked part-time throughout undergrad
-Will be taking MCAT September 9th, I've scored within the 500-502 region, expectation to be around 503-504 hopefully at time of exam
-Several LOR from professors and two DO doctors I've shadowed

-I genuinely want to go the DO route because I appreciate their values and approaches towards medicine. I would love some help from my fellow colleagues to let me know my chances and what DO schools they recommend and which ones they believe I have a chance of getting admitted to, thank you for your time in advance.
 
As log as you have a MCAT of 500 you will be competitive for some DO schools, including all these:

ACOM

ARCOM

BCOM

WCU-COM

LMU-DCOM

UP-KYCOM

WVSOM

UIWSOM

VCOM (all 3 schools)

NYIT-Arkansas

RVU-Utah

Idaho (new school)

LECOM

ATSU-SOMA

If you score 505 or higher you are competitive for all DO schools.