Hi everyone, I have been a longer time lurker on these forums and finally am in need of any guidance and advice for my diy postbacc situation.
A little background about me, I was overwhelmed from undergrad and each semester kept adding to the fuel and I had an underwhelming cgpa of 2.5, sgpa 2.1 at the time of graduation (not an excuse, I own up to my mistakes and have been improving my study habits)
I stepped away from school to address personal issues and study habits while working and I am still drawn to medicine so here I am.
In January 2019 (Spring Semester 2019) I decided to enroll in one class (Biochemistry) at extension of my local university following Goro's guide of reinvention and found flaws with how I study/take notes and made an effort to address the problems.
In August 2019 (Fall Semester 2019), I enrolled in a full course load of 12 units (4 3 unit courses) retaking some of my prereqs while taking some classes on Goro's list
In January 2020 (Spring Semester 2020) I enrolled in 11 units (3 3 units and 1 2 unit course) also retaking some prereqs and classes on Goro's list.
Currently I am signed up for 2 courses for summer session through extension (hard to fit a 3rd course) for 6 units..
After this upcoming summer session I will be sitting at 30 units of post-bacc with an updated cgpa of 2.73 and amcas sgpa 2.60 and aacomas sgpa 2.62 and postbacc sgpa of 3.83
Now I am lost in my what to do next:
I understand that I need to prove that the me now is not the me back then and hopefully my significantly stronger performance in science courses shows that.
I know it's almost mathematically impossible to reach 3.0 cgpa/sgpa especially since I have a lot of science courses/units from undergrad but I calculated I need about 45 more units of A's to hit the cgpa 3.0 and sgpa 3.0 and it would take Fall 2020, Spring 2021, Summer 2021, Fall 2021, and Spring 2022 and then apply immediately right after Spring 2022 for the 2023 cycle.
I am unsure of what path to take:
1) Do I take 75 units in a postbacc (I haven't checked if there's even enough classes to suffice this) or
2) Take about 40-50 units and then study for mcat into SMP?
3) When should I fit mcat into all of this? I want to be able to dedicate my 100% attention to it when the time is right
Any advice/criticism is appreciated!
Thank you for reading