What should I work on?

[CaptainScience]

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Hi guys. Just wanted to know where do you think I stand and should work on when it comes to MD/DO schools. Starting to feel a little discourage and losing the well to study. My stats are below:
Currently working as a microbiologist for Fortune 500 Company
Undergraduate: Biological Sciences with a minor in chemistry 2012 GPA: 3.50 Science: 3.48
Extra: Tri Beta Biological Honor Society
Chemistry Club
Dean's and President's List several times
Tutored students in biology, chemistry, and physics for two semesters
Around 60 hrs of volunteering and 10 hours of shadowing
Graduate Degree: Cellular Molecular Biology 2014 GPA:4.0
Extra: Spend summer 2014 studying biomedicine at China Medical University
Taught undergraduate biology lab for 4 semesters
Research in obesity induced metabolic diseases
Graduate top performer of graduate class
MCAT 2015: 490 🙁
African American male

Your advice would be greatly appreciated.

 

[SDeduN]

Now seeing as I'm in the middle of an app cycle myself, my advise is only worth so much. But don't feel discouraged, you look like you've done well so far (remember to be proud of that). Also remember that you're not alone in this process. Keep at it.

In preparation for an app cycle (marathon not sprint), you look to be set from a curricular (GPA) and research standpoint. Unfortunately though, you're going to have to take another crack at the MCAT. Assess and prepare/practice better than you did the first time and at the very least eclipse the 500 mark, the higher the better (505+). I think you also need more volunteering experience, clinical or non-clinical. For example, find a volunteering department at your nearest hospital and sign up for weekly shifts, if offered. Best of luck in 2017!

 

[CaptainScience]

Now seeing as I'm in the middle of an app cycle myself, my advise is only worth so much. But don't feel discouraged, you look like you've done well so far (remember to be proud of that). Also remember that you're not alone in this process. Keep at it.

In preparation for an app cycle (marathon not sprint), you look to be set from a curricular (GPA) and research standpoint. Unfortunately though, you're going to have to take another crack at the MCAT. Assess and prepare/practice better than you did the first time and at the very least eclipse the 500 mark, the higher the better (505+). I think you also need more volunteering experience, clinical or non-clinical. For example, find a volunteering department at your nearest hospital and sign up for weekly shifts, if offered. Best of luck in 2017!

Thank you for your input. I'm going to volunteer more and improve my score. I took a kaplan class before my last mcat and dont think it helped me at all and was a total waste of money. I had focused more on content rather than practice questions.