Desperate for some advice

[ket5]

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Hi everyone.
Not so much a what are my chances but more just need some help and opinions.
3.05 cGPA and 3.13 sGPA and 516 mcat

Theres quite a bit of info and background so here we go.

I am currently a 23 year old senior graduating with a biochem degree in the spring of next year. I transferred in last year from a community college, before that I went to a different university.
The first college i went to was for computer science and man not only did I hate it but it also kicked my ass. The GPA from there is killing my cumulative. I went there for 3 semesters.
I then transferred back home to my community college for chemistry, had a decent gpa there however since I took AP classes in high school and they counted as dual enrollment.....the Cs from 17 year old me show up on my transcript as well.
Finally transferred here and have had a steady 3.8 gpa the past two semesters.
Figuratively speaking if I finished the rest of my degree with solid A's (im not saying I will) the highest my stats would be are a 3.12 cGPA and 3.19 sGPA.

I have about a year of full time employment as a phlebotomist, and another half a year as a histology technician
about 150 hours clinical volunteering
about 50 nonclinical
about 30 shadowing(currently improving)
in a couple clubs, vp of one, president and founder of another
one abstract and one presentation at a national conference and about 2 years of research

I was wondering if it is even worth my time to apply MD the next cycle in 2019? Or do I do a post bacc? I have no idea what would be the best thing to do. Looking at state schools Rutgers and CMSRU

Thanks everyone for reading!

 

[BadSanta]

With your explanation for past poor grades and, more importantly, your mcat score, I would shoot for some MD schools.

As a current student at CMSRU, your volunteer hours seem a bit low. Moreover, it depends on the type of volunteering, as CMSRU looks for a particular type of student (i.e. a student that will function and thrive in the Camden community).

This process seems completely random at times, throw your hat into as many rings as possible (or into as many as you can afford) and see how it goes. Good luck!

Edit: just noticed you included a speculative gpa. Take some challenging coursework over the next year and see how you perform.

 

[ket5]

With your explanation for past poor grades and, more importantly, your mcat score, I would shoot for some MD schools.

As a current student at CMSRU, your volunteer hours seem a bit low. Moreover, it depends on the type of volunteering, as CMSRU looks for a particular type of student (i.e. a student that will function and thrive in the Camden community).

This process seems completely random at times, throw your hat into as many rings as possible (or into as many as you can afford) and see how it goes. Good luck!

Hoping to work on the volunteer hours! I actually attend Rowan currently and about 75% of those hours have been spent in camden haha!
Thank you so much for your advice!

 

[Faha]

With your projected GPA the GPA-MCAT grid shows you have a 1/3 chance for a MD acceptance. If you did a post bacc and increased your GPA to 3.3 your odds would increase to 1/2. Of course if you are willing to apply to DO schools you are competitive for the majority of DO schools with your MCAT and projected GPA.

 

[mdphdNYC]

With that GPA and only 2 semesters of sustained improvement I can't recommend applying MD. Your story, started college with something you didn't enjoy/struggled in before finding medicine, unfortunately describes many applicants. You could do an SMP, but I don't think your situation is the right fit for postbac programs, which would have made more sense had you graduated in CS without really taking any premed classes (since you are graduating in biochem, I assume you did all the premed classes). Right now I think your best course of action is to apply DO - your GPA is well within their realm of consideration and that MCAT will guarantee you some interviews that you can parlay into acceptances.