<p>heidi,</p>
<pre><code> There is no grade-inflation here, one of my original concerns about coming here was not being able to get a high-enough GPA for med school. However, it turns out that graduate schools, law and medical schools take into account the school's rigor and it seems to work well. For example, the average GPA for a successful Davidson med school acceptee is around 3.4, which is far below the national average, but our average MCAT score is far above the national average. One med school dean told me that they multiply the GPA from different colleges by a factor(known only to them) that serves as an equalizer and that takes the rigor and the selectivity of the undergraduate college into consideration. So, I would not let concerns about academic rigor discourage you from Davidson. As an aside, I took my physics courses at a local Texas State University this past summer(in order too knock out the pre-requisite that I did not need for my Davidson major); I averaged over 100 in a class of 120 where the average for the class was in the low 70's. The only student who was close was a Swarthmore student doing the same thing(home for the summer, knocking out a pre-requisite course). Needless to say, I have not had anywhere near that experience in any Davidson class(unfortunately).
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