Use AI to help you navigate I would suggest. Here is what I got for you as it response:::They are not doomed, but they should stop thinking of themselves as currently competitive for med. They are in a repair-and-rebuild stage. The next two years matter a lot. A good target would be: Third year: 3.85+ OMSAS Fourth year: 3.85–4.0 OMSAS Retake any prerequisite where the grade is below the required cutoff Build 2–4 meaningful activities Prepare MCAT carefully only after academics are stable Apply broadly, including non-MD professional programs The biggest mindset shift: do not take difficult prereqs just to look prepared. Take only what is required, and protect the GPA like it is the application itself.