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<p>Hi everyone, </p>

<p>I'm just hoping to get some direction/guidance as I try to plan my next few years in college. Here's my information:</p>

<p>I'm a freshman at a top 5 school located in the Northeast, and my dream is to eventually make it to Stanford med. My current plan is to major in some form of biology (because it's genuinely what I enjoy studying) and minor/take many classes in French and Chinese. After my first semester, I have a cumulative 3.67 gpa(not the best, I know, but making the transition from my under-par high school to such a rigorous university was tough) with a 4.0 science gpa. My extracurriculars thus far include: member of my school's chapter of the student global AIDS campaign (big time commitment - assumed leadership role this semester), member of campus QSA (queer-straight alliance), staff writer for a professional publication, member of bioethics society, and this semester I began volunteering at a homeless shelter. </p>

<p>My question is, what would you guys suggest I do over the next few years to increase my chances as much as possible to be accepted to Stanford med? Any suggestions are welcome. Also, my class will be the first to take the new MCAT and I'm sort of worried about the changes and not having any concrete study materials or even a solid idea of the classes that will be most helpful to take, so any help with that would also be greatly appreciated!</p>

<p>Thank you in advance for your help</p>

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<p>check out the stickies. I would also be stunned if Kaplan, Princeton Review and the other major test prep players aren’t already spending massive amounts of money and time researching and developing as much as they can into the new MCAT. I’m sure they’ll have prep courses fully designed and ready to go by the time you need them.</p>

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<p>AMCAS already has a very detailed breakdown of the subject matter covered by the Human Behavior section on its website.</p>

<p>Preview Guide here:</p>

<p><a href=“https://www.aamc.org/students/download/266006/data/2015previewguide.pdf[/url]”>https://www.aamc.org/students/download/266006/data/2015previewguide.pdf&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>See pp 91-onward for specific topics and sample questions.</p>

<p>And brown is right–all the prep companies have received additional materials about the changes and busily preparing new prep books and classes.</p>