<p>The school itself only comes into play when the Medical school recalculates your GPA by taking into account the mean MCAT scores from your institution… I read that this helps alleviate grade inflations/deflation at different institutions…</p>
<p>So if you are going to a lower tier school, you better get a high GPA or MCAT score regardless. Getting a 4.0 at a lower tier school is not impressive if the average MCAT scores at your school is a 25. A 3.6 GPA where the average MCAT score is a 34 just means that you are competing against peers who do really well in premed classes… so it accounts for how well your peers at your schools are doing… not neccessarily grade inflation or deflation. not sure.</p>