<p>As a person who has a snowball’s chance in hell in attending an HYPSM school, I am more inclined to agree with Poisonous that college performance means more than college prestige. </p>
<p>But say that you have a 3.7 GPA student from Stanford who scored a 38 on the MCAT. Then you compare him to a 4.0 GPA student from a local state school like the University of Florida who also scored a 38. Would the guy from UF get a boost in admissions? Because if that were the case, I would say that going to a top HYPSM school might actually screw you over in terms of professional schools. Getting a 4.0 at a really easy school where your peers party all day is a lot easier than getting a 3.7 at Stanford where your peers consist of valedictorians, veritable geniuses, and academic superstars. </p>
<p>If college performance is the most important factor, does it pay to go to a really easy no-name school? Even if admissions people give a GPA boost to the Stanford guy, I doubt the boost would be a whopping 0.3 points.</p>