i'm sure they will have worked out most of the kinks. we were the guinea pigs. but you will find, as all of this year's applicants have found, that it doesn't matter how difficult or horrifying the process is, you and the rest of your future colleagues will find a way through. i don't know if that's too consoling, because it means that you'll have some stiff competition as usual. amcas is as bad as it seems, but it's still doable. GOOD LUCK.