<p>I think the reputation of MIT being grade deflated comes from the fact that it has a high proportion of engineers. However, I would love to see the actual curves in its bio and humanities courses. I don't expect such classes to be curved more harshly than at, say, Harvard or Princeton. Clearly MIT premeds are capable of getting good grades as the average GPA was 3.6-3.7 for MIT matriculants into med school. </p>
<p>Sometimes the reputation says one thing but the numbers say another. For example, Cornell is supposedly grade deflated. But it's avg. GPA is 3.2 and if you look at its median grade reports, the median grades in most of its humanities courses are in the A- range. Same thing for UChicago and Swarthmore. Sometimes, schools have whiny students that love to complain.</p>
<p>Anyone have any opinion on the quality of pre-med education at Xavier (Cincinnati), U Dayton, Earlham, Illinois Wesleyan, Ohio Wesleyan and Indiana U.-Bloomington?</p>
<p>I strongly believe that quality depends much more on student than school. Go to any school, get close to 4.0, high MCAT, do volunteering, shadowing, med. research, and you should be all set. My D. is at regular state school, pre-med requirement classes have been extremely challenging, she does not need more challenge than that. She graduated #1 from her private HS and very happy with her college choice. Look for college fit, the rest is up to what you make out of it.</p>