I am a young applicant, 21 y/o. My academics are pretty strong, 4.0 overall GPA, 4.0 Science GPA, and a 524 MCAT (August 2020). I applied to some very good schools, Dartmouth, Yale, Harvard, Kaiser and UCSF all were R's pre-interview. Some next tier schools USC, Bayor also R's pre-interview. I have been accepted to my state school with a generous scholarship. I am on the WL for two schools that would really intrigue me, including Mayo. Covid 19 dramatically impacted by patient exposure hours. I was literally in training for a wonderful patient exposure opportunity when the world shut down. I have about 100 hours of shadowing, I also have a little more than 100 Patient exposure hours. In all candor, I am also light on other EC's other than research, which I have over 1,000 hours. I also have 2 publications and soon will be adding a third. My long-term goals are to be involved in academic medicine in what is considered a competitive specialty. Should I consider turning down my acceptance to my state school and work in strengthening my EC's? Is it worth taking a year or two to do this?