Am I going the right direction?

[JavaDocHopeful]

If anyone has any thoughts or suggestions, please chime in.
I had a pretty rough first year due to personal reasons and a complete lack of knowledge on how to study for college level courses. My first year cGPA was 2.5 with my sGPA being 1.5 (2 C/C+, 2 D, 1 F). I turned myself around in my 3rd semester earning a 3.38/3.2 (a B and two B+ in my 3 retakes, I know...) and then a 3.6/3.57 in my 4th (Spring 2018). I took second semester Orgo and Orgo lab this last summer and unfortunately earned a B+ in both (3.33).
I'm a current Junior and my institutional cGPA is now 3.0 with my sGPA at 2.58 (both are slightly higher with all other credits factored in). I'm a non-science major, but am augmenting with a couple of upper levels over the next 4 semesters (besides pre-reqs) and I'm aiming to take Anatomy I & 2 over this upcoming summer at a CC while I finish my school's foreign language requirment. Currently I think I'll have my MCAT by this next summer and will aim to enroll into an SMP while applying broadly (mostly DO, and hopefully some in-state).

Currently have over 800 hours of ER scribing (1 year) and a rag tag assembly of service hours (starting consistently at a soup kitchen this next week). I've had no leadership experience in college, no shadowing outside of scribing, and have no research to my name.

tl;dr
cGPA 2.5 -> 3 with 4 semesters left and a solid upward trend. Tell me that I'm not being naive about continuing to pursue medicine.

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[PapaGuava]

As you know with your GPA, you can’t make mistakes from now on. You have a hill to climb at the moment, but it will depend what kind of effort you're willing to put in moving forward from here. A post-bacc program of some kind would be in order to help improve your GPA. A great MCAT score would help later on as well, but don't take that until you're ready. I'll go ahead and tag our famous @Goro

 

[Goro]

If anyone has any thoughts or suggestions, please chime in.
I had a pretty rough first year due to personal reasons and a complete lack of knowledge on how to study for college level courses. My first year cGPA was 2.5 with my sGPA being 1.5 (2 C/C+, 2 D, 1 F). I turned myself around in my 3rd semester earning a 3.38/3.2 (a B and two B+ in my 3 retakes, I know...) and then a 3.6/3.57 in my 4th (Spring 2018). I took second semester Orgo and Orgo lab this last summer and unfortunately earned a B+ in both (3.33).
I'm a current Junior and my institutional cGPA is now 3.0 with my sGPA at 2.58 (both are slightly higher with all other credits factored in). I'm a non-science major, but am augmenting with a couple of upper levels over the next 4 semesters (besides pre-reqs) and I'm aiming to take Anatomy I & 2 over this upcoming summer at a CC while I finish my school's foreign language requirment. Currently I think I'll have my MCAT by this next summer and will aim to enroll into an SMP while applying broadly (mostly DO, and hopefully some in-state).

Currently have over 800 hours of ER scribing (1 year) and a rag tag assembly of service hours (starting consistently at a soup kitchen this next week). I've had no leadership experience in college, no shadowing outside of scribing, and have no research to my name.

tl;dr
cGPA 2.5 -> 3 with 4 semesters left and a solid upward trend. Tell me that I'm not being naive about continuing to pursue medicine.

As mentioned, you need to ace everything from now on. Doing a post-bac or SMP might be needed.

 

[crazymedguy123]

Also, don't stress about any lack of EC's right now. If anything, do whatever you can to focus as much time on your studies as possible. You are likely taking at least 1 gap year since you want senior grades and also possibly post-bacc grades on your transcript when you apply. You should have a couple years to build up your resume and show adcoms why you want to do medicine.

 

[Mr. Babe]

sGPA almost needs to be above 3.0 to even have a chance. Competition goes up every year. Everything else needs to take a back seat right now until your grades are up.

 

[JavaDocHopeful]

Thank you all for your input! It's very affirming to get advice from people who know more about the process than I do. I'll keep working and make sure to only move forward towards MCAT/ more ECs once I'm sure I've got my feet under me.

 

[Gamma79]

There's a place on the AACOMAS to provide any explanation for a portion of your application. When I see a bad first year with an upward trend, I always look in this section. Use it.

 

[shaosoldier]

If you can take anatomy at university setting, it’ll weight heavier. Biochemistry, microbiology, Pharm are also courses that could boost that up.

 

[FutureDPM123]

I wouldn't worry about doing a post-bacc yet. Just ace the MCAT to make up for your low GPA.