Advice for application and gap years

I graduated May 2015 from Northeastern with the intention of getting an MPH and entering public health. I had always wanted to be an MD but had personal and family issues freshman and sophomore year that I handled poorly. Well, 9 months later I realized that I'd rather take the risk of going for an MD than playing it safe with an MPH (I have a more complete MPH application right now; I'm not trying to say it's easy getting into public health schools.)

Ended up getting a C+ in Gen Chem II, C...

Advice for application and gap years