Congratulations on your GPA -- it is outstanding, and highly competitive!
I am not an expert, but I am also a non-trad, and this would be my personal advice:
1) You are right in that it may look bad that you are changing career paths (in terms of commitment); however, there is honor in discontinuing something early if you know it's not right for you, and there is also honor in taking a risk to pursue what is right for you. I think it's all how you explain your decision.
i) Your biggest way to show commitment is to volunteer in a clinic or in another healthcare setting. Do you have any hours thus far? One obstacle might be a cynical read from an adcom: from lawyer to doctor, is this person just looking for a prestigious career? However, volunteering your time like undergrads do will show a commitment and a desire to be in medicine. The same could be accomplished with shadowing.
Again, I think it's all how you explain it.
If you haven't finished prereqs, then I would just focus on knocking those out, and maybe taking a few other upper level science classes. Since you don't have your prereqs completed, you will be unable to do an SMP, which I don't think will help you anyways. Undergraduate and upper level science classes will complete your prereqs, and will be placed in a "post-bacc" category in your undergrad GPA. There are post-bacc programs for people like you who changed their path, have graduated, but still need prereqs; however, if there is a university in your town, the same could be accomplished by just taking classes, as I mentioned before.
But volunteering and getting clinical experience, while knocking out those pre-reqs, would be the key in my opinion!
Good luck!
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Law student switching into medicine, lots of debt + feel old
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