<p>Pre-med classes are meant to be hard in order to weed out folks. The hardest pre-med class I’ve heard is Biochem. I don’t think your cousin’s GPA should frighten you from wanting to attend UVa. To be honest, a 3.4 isn’t a terrible GPA, especially at UVa where grade inflation isn’t as rampant as the Ivies. If the rules haven’t changed, that’s still good enough to have you graduate “with Distinction” which is our equivalent of “cum laude.”</p>