Engineering Major applying in current cycle

Howdy SDN'ers,

I, like many of you, am currently sitting around waiting to hear back from med schools. I am currently trying to decide whether I should start looking at applying to grad schools as well as med schools just in case all doesn't go as planned in the next few weeks/months. I would very much appreciate your opinions on whether that would be a waste of time or something I should be seriously considering.

I am an engineering major, and unfortunately I have the GPA to show it. I am hoping med schools will take the difficulty of engineering into consideration when reviewing my app.

cGPA: 3.59 (TMDSAS)
BCPM GPA: 3.32 (TMDSAS)
MCAT: 33 (11 PS/ 11 BS/ 11 VR)

I am a Texas resident from a medically underserved community of <2000 people.

Shadowing:
210 hours with rural surgeon/hospitalist/PCP (one doc who did it all in a small town)
30 hours with anesthesiologist and residents at VA hospital
Some shadowing during summer research internship at MD Anderson
Interacted with ER docs during EMT-B school

Research:
Summer internship at MD Anderson Cancer Center
Worked as part of a team to isolate a novel mycobacteriophage and annotated its genome for a class

Other:
I am a nationally/state registered EMT-B. I have never held a paying job as an EMT but I am the head of the on-campus First Aid Service Team at my university.

Various other community service activities

I am applying to all Texas schools and currently have an II from TCOM. It is also worth noting that my app was sent a bit on the late side; I submitted on 8/15.

Thanks in advance, and good luck to all who are waiting.