NEED ADVICE! Medical school LOW GPA HIGH MCAT

If you write a convincing explanation of why the difference in your performance at the 2 schools during your undergrad, then you may have a chance at those MD programs that reward re-invention. I think you will have some good luck w/ DO schools, which tend to be a bit more forgiving.

Since you have all your other ducks in a row (ECs, LORs, good MCAT, etc) then I would consider doing 1 round of applications, applying broadly to both re-invention loving MD programs AND DO schools and see if you get any bites.

MD programs to consider—Georgetown, Rosalind Franklin, Wayne State, EVMS, VCU, Creighton, MCW, Albany, NYMC, Nova-MD, SLU, Drexel, Quinnipiac, Tulane, George Washington, Loyola, Rush, Seton Hall. Maybe Wake Forest. Loma Linda, if you are a devout Christian and can abide by their lifestyle restrictions. Your in-state publics.

Any DO program.

If you don’t get any interviews, then you need to take a full year off to improve your GPA/sGPA with additional UL bio coursework or do a SMP. Don’t plan on re-applying until the 2021-22 cycle.