I do not know what your in-state school is (if it is Ohio State then yes it is very good). I have certainly seen several cases where this made a lot of sense – including my own situation coming out of high school.
Yup. In terms of what medical school a student can get accepted to, or getting accepted to any MD program at all, it is not clear to me that it makes much difference whether a student attends a highly ranked famous school or their in-state public university.
It might (or might not) make a difference in terms of “plan B” if a premed student does not end up attending medical school.
@ohio_premed Two quick comments: I see that you have completed AP Spanish. If you do end up being an MD, then being bilingual will be valuable. Also, the fact that you have already done a cancer research internship looks interesting and valuable to me.
I would think about trimming the list of reach schools a little bit, but otherwise it looks like you are doing very well.