How many science credits do you have? If it's low like I suspect since you say you failed two classes, I would advise you to do an informal post-bacc and try to raise your sGPA to a 3.3 and your cGPA to a 3.4-3.5. I don't think an SMP applies for your situation unless you have such a plethora of units that it is unrealistic (time wise) to spend the next year or two years trying to raise it through upper division sciences. Calculate it out, if you can take about 16 units each quarter (winter and spring and possibly summer) and can raise your GPA to around that range above, I would apply early and broadly in June. With your 36 MCAT and an upward trend in upper division science courses, you should get some favorable responses among the mid tier schools.
Applying to an SMP is usually seen as a last resort and in your situation (again, I am only guessing that you have a low number of science units) it isn't worth the risk. The damage was done during the first year and Adcoms are understanding (some of them) if you can demonstrate that it was a past problem and will most likely not occur again.
