WAMC? Worth adding more schools MD/DO?

Hi all,

I am a 3rd time applicant who is currently in this cycle. I submitted secondaries to 17 MD and 4 DO schools, but have not heard much from schools yet except for 1 hold and 1 rejection on the MD side and 1 II on the DO side. For MD schools, I was complete early July/mid August and for DO schools I've been complete in September. I'm getting somewhat worried even though there are 6 months left in this cycle.

Here are my stats/EC's

3.9 cGPA/3.9 sGPA
MCAT : 32 - PS 12/V 8/ BS 12 - 4th try My other 3 scores were 26-29 with sciences >= 10 and verbal 6-7
(worked diligently to improve verbal, but still ended up on the lower end based on practice exams)

My ECs are summarized below

~3 years/300 hours hospital volunteering
~70 hours shadowing with various physicians
~3 years research in biochemistry laboratory (had a few posters and presentations, wrote an honors thesis, no publications)
~400 hours - summer biology REU program
~4 years chess club (was vice president for 1 year)
75 hours - as a biochemistry TA
15 hours - volunteer academic tutor for economically disadvantaged high school students

full time research tech for a molecular biology lab
part time freelance tutoring

I also have 3 LORs, all from science professors I have spent substantial time doing meaningful work/ECs. I assume all of them to be strong.

Here are the schools that I've applied to for this cycle.

UMass * - MA resident
Tufts*
U Vermont *
Quinnipiac *
Albany *
Albert Einstein *
Hofstra
NYMC *
Penn State *
Drexel*
Temple*
Jefferson
GW*
VCU
Wake Forest
Rosalind Franklin
Medical College of Wisconsin

* denotes the schools that I am considered a reapplicant

I've also applied to the following DO schools.

CCOM
NYIT-COM
NSU-COM
LMU D-COM

What are my chances?
Is it worth adding more schools at this point? I am considering:

MD
Loyola
Rush
Oakland Beaumont
Georgetown

DO
Touro CA/NY
PCOM (both campus)
VCOM (Virginia campus)

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WAMC? Worth adding more schools MD/DO?