WAMC/School List Help

[igohaha15]

Hi! I am female ORM from CA applying as a fourth-year undergrad taking 1 gap year. I'd appreciate any recommendations on optimizing my school list. I'm aiming for around 30-35 schools total.

Stats:
cGPA: 3.96 - sGPA: 3.99
MCAT: 519 (130/129/131/129)

Demographics:
-South Asian female
-T20 public

Work/Activities:
-500 hours MA (front and back office) in IM / 400 hours hospital volunteering
-2 research experiences -- 1 neuro research lab for 900 hours, no pubs but my own project; 1 microbio research lab with 300 hours and 2 poster presentations as most meaningful
-60 hours shadowing across neuro, oncology, and ophtho
-500 hours non-clinical volunteering / 450 for STEM outreach to underserved HS (founded the club) and 60 between two non-profits related to female empowerment
-3 leadership positions in student and external orgs, all school/local level (president and vp positions)
-General teaching/social justice themes (tutoring/teaching assistant + reproductive justice/women's health)
-No honors/awards or any crazy stand-out factors

Please help! This is my list as of right now, but I feel it is super top-heavy and missing some schools I might have a higher chance at:

Sidney Kimmel Medical College
Northwestern—Feinberg
Case Western University
University of Rochester
University of Pittsburgh
University of Michigan
University of Virginia
Virginia Commonwealth University
Hofstra University
Icahn Mount Sinai
UChicago–Pritzker
Wayne State University
Boston University
University of Colorado
Dartmouth–Geisel
NYMC
Albert Einstein University
USC Keck
Kaiser Permanente
Tufts
USF Morsani
UCLA
UCI
UCSD
UCSF
UCD
UCR
Stanford
University of Maryland
Wake Forest
SUNY-Stony Brook
CUSM

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[Mr.Smile12]

I don't recommend a list over 30 schools in general. I notice your service orientation activities are related to teaching/tutoring. 450 hours of teaching underserved students is a very common activity and doesn't show your purpose as a physician (why not be a teacher?).

You say you have nothing that makes you stand out, so how do you expect a program to interview you if you don't have anything interesting?

 

[Faha]

I suggest these schools from your list:
Sidney Kimmel Medical College
Northwestern—Feinberg
Case Western University
University of Rochester
University of Pittsburgh
University of Michigan
University of Virginia
Virginia Commonwealth University
Hofstra University
Icahn Mount Sinai
UChicago–Pritzker
Boston University
University of Colorado
Dartmouth–Geisel
NYMC
Albert Einstein University
USC Keck
Kaiser Permanente
Tufts
USF Morsani
UCLA
UCI
UCSD
UCSF
UCD
UCR (if you are from that region)
Stanford
University of Maryland
Wake Forest
CUSM
You could add Washington University (in St. Louis), St. Louis, Miami, UMass