Medical What schools should i apply to?

[Goro]

Hello, I'm wondering if my school list is too top heavy and I should add some lower shools, or you think this is reasonable given my resume
Stats: 3.99 cumulative GPA, 4.0 science GPA, 518 MCAT (not a well known institution at all)
Clinical Exposure: over 1500 hours as a CNA at various assited livings
Shadowing: 128 hours total, 94 with a private family medicine M.D., 26 with a ER D.O. doc, and 8 with a orthopedic surgeon D.O.
Research: One semester long research on attribtues of successful phisiology students, a 2 semester long research on memory retention in anatomy students. Research as part of a class lab into finding new antibiotics (one semester). Research as part of a lab and now continuing as a T.A. using estrogen to fix parkonsonism in rats.
(no publications)
Leadership: a year as the pre-medical society president, two semesters setting up and leading a mentoring program in our pre-med society, two semesters as a neurobiolgy T.A. One semester as a team lead for that 2 semester retention research I mentioned earlier.
Volunteering: 4 semesters tutoring biology in a drop in lab, 2 semesters tutoring chemistry in a drop in lab. 2 years as a CASA (guardian ad litem) volunteer: gather info and write reports for judges in best interest of child in child protective cases. 9 months working to recruit healthcare professionals for a 2 day free medical/dental/vision clinic in the rural area where I go to school. (about 250 hours total)
I also served a two year ecclisiastical mission for my church in Bulgaria. The main purpose was teaching my faith but we did community service as well such as teaching english classes. I'm wondering if I should add the service aspect to my work and activities at all or if schools will look down on anything affiliated with a religious activity.

Here is my school list: (I am a Utah Resident)

Stanford

UCLA

Boston University

Harvard

Johns Hopkins

Ohio State

Pennsyvania State University College of Medicine

Saint Louis University School of Medicine

Brown

Arizona - Pheonix

UC San Diego

University of Utah

University of Colorado

Univesrity of Indiana (my wife's family lives here)

U of Michigin

Wake Forest

Cornell

Yale

UC San Francisco

Albert Einstein

University of Chicago

University of Miami

Mayo

Duke

Emory

Note: I'm poor (not disadvantaged status or anything) and I'm part of the FEE assistance program and so if I could get it down to 20 schools that would be optimal, but if you think I have a shot at all these, i'll find a way.

Delete Penn State, Wake, IU, U AZ.

Will give list later

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[TheBoneDoctah]

Nice app! IMO, would add a few more lower-mid tiers to make sure you get accepted somewhere, but I think you have a good shot.

 

[GoSpursGo]

Nice app! IMO, would add a few more lower-mid tiers to make sure you get accepted somewhere, but I think you have a good shot.

I agree with this. Just make sure you have a good balance--you're highly competitive, but pick 7-9 "dream" high-tier schools, and then pepper in a bunch of more mid-tiers

 

[Goro]

Just curious, what is your reasoning for those ones to remove?

the school's know from historic Norms that you are more likely to go elsewhere.

IU being a state school favors the home team

 

[Goro]

Stanford OR UCSF

UCLA OR UC San Diego

Boston University

U Penn OR Vandy

Johns Hopkins

Ohio State OR U Cincy

Saint Louis University School of Medicine OR NYU.LI

Brown

University of Utah

University of Colorado OR U VM OR U WI OR USF/Morsani

U of Michigin OR U VA

Cornell OR Columbia

Yale OR Harvard

SUNY.SB OR UTx.SW OR U MA

Albert Einstein OR Keck

University of Chicago OR Northwestern

Mayo

Duke OR Pitt OR Sinai

Emory OR Rochester

My suggestions for 20 schools

 

[TheBoneDoctah]

so by high tier, do you mean above my stat range (so like reach schools such as New York Grossman w/ a 522 average) or do you mean schools within my stat range that are top tier (kind of like stanford is)

Most schools aren't gonna be reach schools...