Post bacc vs. masters Texas

[future5690]

Hello,

I am Texas resident, graduated from UT Austin and am seriously debating what to do right not during my gap year.

My cgpa is a 3.5 and sgpa 3.4 with an upward trend.

I haven't taken the MCAT yet but I'm wondering whether I should do a post bacc or a masters.

I heard that for a post bacc, your gpa will get accumulated onto your undergrad gpa while the masters isn't. Considering my gpa, which one do you think is better to do?

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[Goro]

You have no need for either path if you focus on DO schools.

Both post-bacs and SMPs have their pluses and minuses. I lean to the latter if given at a medical school, as it's the back door in.

 

[future5690]

You have no need for either path if you focus on DO schools.

Both post-bacs and SMPs have their pluses and minuses. I lean to the latter if given at a medical school, as it's the back door in.

I am considering MD instead of DO and I just recalculated my gpa and my cgpa is 3.6 while sgpa remains the same.
I am deciding to take the MCAT first before deciding whether I should do a gpa improvement.

Is this a good plan? Would having a high mcat score, especially in the science section make me more competitive considering my gpa?

This is solely just looking at stats though.

 

[Goro]

I am considering MD instead of DO and I just recalculated my gpa and my cgpa is 3.6 while sgpa remains the same.
I am deciding to take the MCAT first before deciding whether I should do a gpa improvement.

Is this a good plan? Would having a high mcat score, especially in the science section make me more competitive considering my gpa?

This is solely just looking at stats though.

From what I understand of TX schools, the sGPA will not be remediated by a high MCAT.