First of all, I want to just tell everyone to keep your heads up high. You made it this far, and if this is your dream, you will make it. Obviously this is going to take extra planning, extra finances, and extra time, but hold onto your goal, take everything step by step or you will get overwhelmed, talk to your mentors but understand all the final decisions and planning will be yours and yours only, and find someone (or multiple people) going through this process with you for moral support, encouragement, and accountability-->this has helped me the most by far...who truly understands what you are going through better than your future classmates? Finally, don't forget to take a deep breath every now and then, yoga style.
That said, I also want to emphasize that you should start researching/contacting each and every school you plan on applying to as early as possible to see how this change will affect your application for that school. Hopefully what I post below will be some good news for those who are understandably going through some pretty rocky emotions. There is always hope!
From the PCOM site for both PA and GA campuses:
"How will the change to the AACOM Grade Replacement Policy affect application review?
The Faculty Committee on Admissions follows a holistic approach in reviewing applications for the DO program at Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine and Georgia Campus - PCOM. Our committee members look not only at grades and test scores when evaluating applications, but also read the entire application as submitted by the applicant, along with the letters of recommendation and personal statements. There are no cutoffs or minimums. We send supplemental applications to all of our AACOMAS applicants. Our admissions process will continue to be what it has been and will be unaffected by the change in the AACOMAS policy."