Am I reinvented? Texas Nontrad: Undergrad(2020) 2.77cgpa, 2.79 sgpa ,2nd bachelors and SMP(2025) 4.0cgpa, 4.0 sgpa 515MCAT

[BlackWidow88X]

Hey guys as stated in the title, I am a Texas non-trad in my late 20's. I will try to sum up my stats and experiences with dates to make this post more digestible. I plan on only applying in Texas. My story is essentially this - I was young and stupid in undergrad. I graduated and felt unsatisfied with my performance and there wasn't a day that passed by where I didn't want more. My experiences with humanitarian work and public health really allowed me to understand a career in medicine would be perfect. Four years working passed and I decided to give school another shot and prove to myself I can do it. I started with 12 hours at UCLA extension and did good. Got accepted in to an accelerated BS in BMS that bridged in to a regionally respected SMP and worked really hard. Took a shot at my MCAT and got a score I was happy with. Although my academics suffered early in my career, I always made it a point to work really hard outside of academics which I hope my application shows. Am I reinvented? What are the next steps and what schools should I look at?

MCAT
515

GPA
BS in Biology (2015-2020)
cgpa:2.77
sgpa: 2.79

UCLA Extension (12 hours) (2024)
cgpa: 3.77 ( I got 1 B+ sadly)
sgpa: 3.77
BS (35 hour) in Biomedical Sciences (2024)
cgpa: 4.0
sgpa: 4.0

SMP in Med Sci (2025)
cgpa: 4.0
sgpa: 4.0

Total for all
cgpa: ~3.1
sgpa: ~3.1

Employment

• Medical Office Assistant - Home Health
  • 3 Years (2016-2019)
• COVID-19 Data Analyst
  • 1 Year (2020)
• Health Educator - Chronic Diseases
  • 1 Year (2021)
• Epidemiology Investigator - Infectious Diseases
  • 3 years (2021-current)

Volunteer Experience

• Total of 1000 hours of various community service activities completed during my undergrad career
  • 2015-2020
• 3 Time Recipient of Silver Presidential Volunteer Service Award
  • For community service completed during my undergrad career
  • Awarded for
• 4 Humanitarian medical missions to Central America
  • 2016-2019
• Board member and volunteer for a stroke support group
  • 2 years (2022-2023)
• Emergency Public Health Responder for local and regional public health emergencies
  • 2022-2025
  • Activated a handful of times

Leadership

• Led 2 Humanitarian medical missions to Central America during undergrad (previously mentioned)
  • President (2019)
  • Vice President (2018)
• Organized 3 medical missions in my hometown and performed various roles
  • Optometry Team Leader (2022)
  • Lead Data Collector (2023)
  • Medical Team Leader (2024)
• Board member of local stroke support group
  • 2022-2023

Publications and Research (I understand this is a hole in my application and I'm willing to hear advice)

• 3 semesters worth of undergraduate research revolving around zoology
  • Performed during my undergrad 2015-2020 (outdated I know)
• Co-Author for 2 Infectious Disease Guidelines for a Hospital System in Dallas area.
  • 2024 and 2025

Shadowing and Clinical Experience

• OBGYN
  • 20 hours
  • 2018
• Family Medicine
  • 200 hours
  • 2015-2020
• Emergency Medicine
  • 40 hours
  • 2024
• Ophthalmology
  • 20 hours
  • 2024
• My time during the international and local medical missions counts as additional clinical experience since I was volunteering in a clinic setting.
  • Roughly 250 hours
• 3 years as a medica office assistant (previously mentioned)

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[Nontrad_FL_LGBT]

Looks good to me, congrats on getting it together! Only thing against you is potential your undergrad cGPA. MD schools don't count grad with undergrad for GPA, they're separate. Try to be 3.0+ in your undergrad GPA and you should get some looks imo.