School List Help (too top heavy?)
Demographics: 20yo WM, Indiana resident, bilingual (spa/eng)
Stats:
- cGPA: 4.00
- sGPA: 3.99 (A- in HS dual-credit Calc I, 4.0 in-college)
- MCAT: 524 (131/131/131/131)
Clinical (volunteer):
- 600 hrs as Spanish medical interpreter at a free clinic; Undergrad Chair of Cultural Relations (staffed interpreters, ran outreach).
- 55 hrs ED volunteer at Hospital (triage aid).
Clinical (paid):
-127 hrs as MA/state-certified phlebotomist:
Research:
-1300 hrs in evolutionary genetics lab: first-author manuscript in prep, built the bioinformatics pipeline.
- 150 hrs leading an independent county-level epi study on Indiana childhood vax rates pre/post-COVID: first author, oral presentation at Indiana Academy of Science 2026, manuscript in prep for publication.
- 50 hrs Assisted on urban lead-contamination remediation research.
Shadowing:
- 70 hrs across 8 specialties (ortho surg, EM, geriatrics, FM, palliative, etc.)
Non-clinical volunteering:
3 seasons (~200 hrs) head coach of a low-cost youth basketball league; 30 hrs at a near-west Indy food pantry.
Leadership / teaching:
- 600 hrs as SI leader for Gen Chem + peer tutor across hard sciences.
Employment (non-clinical):
-910 hrs as line cook/expo at a burger restaurant during undergrad.
Other: Saint Luke's Scholarship ambassador; Sigma Delta Pi (Spanish NHS) inductee
LORs: (all strong, small Uni, know everyone well) -- 2 sci prof, 1 humanities prof, PI, committee, physician
Any advice appreciated, is there anything off about it? should I go with more baseline schools?