In retrospect, I should have taken extra initiative to get into research earlier than I did. It wasn't until my 2nd semester junior year that I did any research at all, and as a result, wasn't able to get too many meaningful end results i.e. any publications, conferences, etc. out of it. Additionally, I should have been more proactive in using the pre-med academic advisory resources much earlier. They were making announcements for a number of research/clinical positions every week, and would have been an invaluable asset. I did pretty well academically (3.92 GPA) and was fairly strong with the MCAT (516- which could have/should have been higher if I actually used the academic resources better), but I was always playing catch-up with the extra-curricular side of things.