MD & DO California re-applicant chances

[alex4d1]

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UC Davis, Neurobiology, Physiology, and Behavior major B.S.
cGPA: 3.53
sGPA: 3.4

MCAT (May 2016): 512
Retaking possibly because it will expire for a good number of schools this coming cycle from what I've found. Will be sending an email out to my prospective schools to ask just in case soon.
Chem/Phys: 130- 97%
CARS: 129- 95%
Bio: 127- 75%
Psych: 126- 62%

Service/Volunteer:
-Peer advocate, mental illness/awareness: 2 years of undergraduate, ~800 hours. Went to a conference and helped run a mental illness campaign
-Autism clinic volunteer at UC Davis medical center: 1 year undergraduate, ~40 hours.
Student-run clinic: 1.5 years undergraduate, ~100 hours

Research:
-Student research assistant in autism rodent behavior models: ~350 hours between two labs. Gave poster presentation in 2016
-Staff associate: 2 years, full-time, 4th author on one paper, name on another undergraduate poster when I helped a student out

Jobs:
-Software engineering company: undergraduate, one summer
-Scribing(current): ER scribing, part/full time~1100 hours
-Kaplan MCAT instructor(current): part time, ~600 hours

Shadowing:
MD:
12 hours, 2012
24 hours, 2017

LoR:
2 science undergrad
1 non-science undergrade
1 lab letter
1 MD letter
1 DO and possibly 1 MD from my scribing

I applied in 2016 to both MD/DO, got most secondaries back, didn't get a single interview offer. I'm not complaining since I've heard plenty of just that from people with my stats, just wanted to give full hx. Studying to retake the MCAT this year because this next cycle not all schools accept MCATS from May 2016. I didn't have a DO letter, MD letter, OR a letter from my student-run clinic 2016 cycle because of a bad experience there. This year I'll have a letter from a doc I know well, a new letter from the lab I worked in after graduating, and one or two from my scribing job.

Should I be expecting to have a chance with MD? If so, what schools?
Should I only apply to schools that accept my current MCAT score, or retake the MCAT?

Thanks!!

 

[jarednogeek]

besides letters, what significant changes have you made to improve your app? don't do the same thing and expect a different result

 

[candbgirl]

The only doc letter you need is one from a DO(or MD) for DO schools.
@jarednogeek asked, what significant improvements have you made in your application?
Have you thought about DO? Your GPAs are more inline with DO than MD.
Good luck on the retake!

 

[FutureDPM123]

With that science GPA, make sure to apply to a lot of DO schools. Get that DO letter, it makes a difference.

 

[alex4d1]

Thanks for all the replies! I am definitely applying DO this cycle more expansively, trying to make a list of schools that fit my numbers/profile and what I want out of med school. Fingers crossed for new MCAT retake.

Updates to my application are mostly for LoR and scribing. I'm not sure what is considered enough, but these are the explicit changes to my application:
-Publication finally made it through the works after four years! I'm 4th author, it's published in a neuroscience journal with 4.5 impact factor. Nothing ground-breaking, but a respectable journal.
-One year of scribing with LoR
-Around 36 new hours of shadowing between two MD's, one of them is new LoR
-Kaplan tutor for MCAT, part time

I can put in more hours of shadowing, that's all I have for now though.