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My advice is simple, but I hope it will be useful. Start doing research into a bunch of schools and ask yourself for each one, "Would I be happy studying for 5-6 years to earn a PhD here? Would I be happy with the likely job market outcome of doing so?" and go from there. If there is a school you would not be happy attending, whether it is top 5 or 30, don't apply there. If there is a school you would be happy attending, regardless of rank, apply there. You have a truly nasty profile and I would be really surprised if you didn't get into a few top 10s, but it doesn't hurt to apply anywhere you'd be happy to go.
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