Ya know, I am personally applying this year since...well i think i should apply (don't ask me why). My overall undergrad GPA was pretty bad, it was a 2.58 i believe. (i try to block that out of my head).
The courses I took were all pretty good, and the grades jumped randomly through a variety of courses. A/B's in OChem, C's in a quarter of calculus, then B in the following quarter of calculus. Got a C in meteorology (doh!), but got an A in physics.
Why you might ask are my grades so scattered and jacked up? Well for the first 2 years of my undergraduate career, i supported my family, and supported myself. I had 2 jobs, and still do have 2 jobs trying to support myself and my parents.
The 3 years after that, I continued to support my parents through other ways after transfering to a 4-year university. Luckily, i found a job as a research assistant (didn't pay much), and continued to devote many hours to work rather than school because its pretty much a choice between having an apartment to study in vs. studying a lot to do well in a class.
As a result, i aborted my attempts at applying to med school until now. Since graduating, i've accumulated 4 years of research experience, worked many other jobs, and I have around a 3.5 post-bacc GPA in biomedical engineering courses. I chose these courses since its new, its challenging, and well i pretty much ran out of biosci courses to take..haha. By the end of the spring quarter, I should have about 32 quarter units worth of class to show them what i've done despite a lot of time devoted to living and family. I can only hope that they understand, and give me a chance by inviting me for interview. I don't know if they'll accept me, but all i really want right now is to get to the interview to deal with this in a face-to-face manner. I wish you guys luck. I personally believe regardless of how low your GPA is, even if it is 0.00, if a person wants to be a doctor bad enough, you'll get there sooner or later.
Seen far to many people out there who have taken FAR more challenging roads before finally reaching their final path towards medicine. Some examples are people who have kids, or people who changed their lives 180 degrees to become a doctor. That takes a lot. Heck, there was once a US Army Special Forces sergeant, realized, hey I want to be a doctor. Went back to school after almost a decade since high school, went to post-bacc, and god knows what else. Now he's an MD. All it takes is the extreme attitude and desire to get in.
"Adapt and overcome!"