<p>Med schools only look at college GPA. Your grades from high school count if you took any classes for credit at your local CC or university. </p>
<p>I am currently in HHMI, so PM me with your questions. The thing is, it probably helps you get into 7 year MD programs. My friend in HHMI applied to a few and got interviews at all of them. For med school, doing something like HHMI may get you a published paper (highly unlikely considering that most of us lack concrete data with 1.5 months to go) which is a huge plus for med schools. Also, HHMI experiences will probably help you get research positions at your college (ask me about how I do in getting positions in about a year), and research is pretty big for med school admissions. Finally, HHMI is a huge plus for getting into college anyway. Your undergrad school greatly affects where you go to med school. If you get a full scholarship for undergrad, you may be more willing to take out loans for med school and go to a top one over a lower ranked one that gives you some scholarship money. Also, some colleges like Penn, Duke, and Stanford are amazing at getting students into med schools. If you go to one of the three you will see some classmates getting into med school with GPAs around 3.5 and 3.6. If you go to a third tier state school, you would probably need to get closer to a 3.9 to remain competitive while battling grade deflation (compared to the relative inflation at most Ivy level schools).</p>