You know what would be nice, if in each forum the site made available a page or so of threads started the same day the previous year. I'll bet you any kind of money half the threads on the allo board Feb 20th 2006 are exactly the same as threads on the allo board Feb 2007. For God's sake yes you can have a pet in med school, no you don't need to start studying for Step I, no there are not ranked residency lists, you need books X and Y books for anatomy/biochem/physiology, check out
www.whatever for helpful neuro diagrams, sorry bud those six DUIs might keep you from getting into medical school, etc. etc. etc.
Sorry OP rant not really directed at you personally. Your question is a valid one but has been addressed ad nauseum. I wish I would've skiied the Swiss Alps or something cool like that; there is very little you can do during the summer before medical school to prepare other than take 3 months of pure vacation.