I need some advice

[cliffhuxtableDO]

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I started at school A, went to school B. struggled at school b after 3 semesters, but managed to come out of school B with about a 3.0. i went back to school A, if i get straight A's after this semester my gpa at school A will be a 3.39 and I am taking a full summer load and a semester in the fall. is the upward trend and potentially strong GPA at school A enough to overcome the bad performances at school B? I am trying to decide if a post-bacc or a master's is a better decision for next spring. Oh, and i'm basically planning on applying DO and my state MD schools, and maybe a few more MD depending on what i do on the MCAT. Let me know what you guys think

 

[cliffhuxtableDO]

can some please show me some love, haha. i'm trying to decide whether or not to do a master's next spring or do post bacc work at a state school. the master's would be something like human integrative physiology, or nutrition immunology and molecular nutrition at va tech.

 

[Xcited392]

Your GPA isn't that bad, but it's also not close to the national average.

Your options:

1) Take more undergraduate classes and bump the GPA as high as possible. Aim for a 3.5. This combined with a strong MCAT (30+) and apply broadly--you have a decent shot, if you also have good EC's.

2) Take the MCAT, do really well and apply to an SMP.

If you majored in a science, then I think option 2 is your best bet because you've already taken a majority of advanced science classes, so option 1 wouldn't work out.