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Calculate your sGPA using both of the above and tell us what it is.
The median accepted students for allopathic (MD) programs had a 3.7 sGPA; for DO schools, it was a 3.4+
But right now your cumulative GPA makes you a non-starter. Med school screen applicants using cGPA and MCAT scores. With 10,000 applicants for 175 seats, adcomms simply cannot review that many applications. Many/most use a computer software program to screen out applicants that don’t meet a minimum gpa and MCAT. A 3.0 won’t even get you past the computer screener.
You need to get your cGPA and sGPA up around 3.5 if you want to be taken seriously as an applicant for MD programs. For DO programs, 3.3.
You may prefer a MD, but you aren’t in a position to picky. Should you get to the point of applying to med school, you will need to apply broadly to both MD and DO programs.
I hate to say this but your reason for "why med school?" sounds pretty weak. "Want to help people" is good STARTING place for your reason, but by itself isn't enough. Most jobs help people. I help people all day long and I'm not a physician. And you can find lots of things interesting without pursuing a career in the field. I find astrophysics fascinating, have since I was a teenager, and I read constantly on the topic, but that doesn't mean I should become an astrophysicist.
You have a long & specific list of reasons for "why not CE"--you need a equally long list of specific reasons for 'why medicine'.
RE: ECs
Leadership is simply that. Positions where you persuade and direct others toward a common goal, preferably not because you have power over them, but because they have chosen you to do so. Some example–founding a club or non-profit organization, championing a cause/social activism, Boy Scout/Girl Scout/church group team leader, sports team captain, president/officer of an activity or club, creating a project to serve your community. Your leadership can be through your job–like becoming a trainer for new hires or being a team leader on a project.
It would depend on how you approached it. If you founded a community outreach program in a disadvantaged area/food desert where you helped people make healthier choices of in food and lifestyle or started a urban community garden and included an educational component about healthy lifestyles–then yes. If you mean interacting with your fellow gym go-ers or making fitness videos or designing a fitness app–then no.
Passion for your ECs is important, but just having a quirky interest (like the poster’s interest in dance) isn’t a slam dunk for getting into med school.
A post-bacc would involve either enrolling in formal program or taking courses at your local 4 year college full or part-time as non-degree seeking student. Either will work. Formal post-baccs tend to be expensive and there is little or no FA available.
(Some post-baccs may be eligible for federal loans, but you must be enrolled full time and the amount of federal loans won't come close to covering the cost of the program. Please don't take out substantial debt to do a post-bacc because 1. med school is expensive & you need to minimize your debt, and 2. most applicants to med school don't get accepted.)
You have taken too many science to be eligible for career changer post-bacc programs--and that's not the primary problem with your candidacy. You need a better GPA and sGPA. Grade enhancing post-bacc.
Do not enroll in a graduate program. A graduate degree won't fix your primary problem of low uGPA. Adcomms don't consider grad GPAs (unless they're weak, then it hurts you, but good grad GPA won't help you get a med school acceptance.)
A full-time formal post-bacc takes anywhere from 9 months to 2 years. It depends on the program. And it depends on how much academic remediation you need to do. Specifically, you need to take enough classes to raise your gpa into an acceptable range for med school--3.5 for MD, 3.3 for DO. The closer your GPA is to the acceptable range, the shorter the time you'll need to remediate,
Grade-enhancing checklist--
1) complete any missing pre-reqs (Bio, ochem, biochem, psych, sociology, statistics/biostats] if you haven't taken these)
You need As in all of them. If you don't get As, then pick another career.
2) take UL electives in bio and chem--about 6-8 classes at least. Things deal w/ the topics you'll see in med school--human anatomy, neuroscience, neurochemistry, biochem 2, immunology, genetics, embryology etc
You need As in as many as possible. If you are getting more Bs than As--find a another career.