This means that approximately 2/3 of the entering class had a GPA of between 3.22 and 3.90. I have always been a proponent of challenging oneself. I always take classes beyond my reach, struggle a bit, but in the end learn a lot more than I would have taking an easier class.
Of course, in these situations my grades suffer more often than not. While if I had to do it all over again, I would still do it this way, realize this: medical schools would rather see great grades in easy classes than good grades in harder ones. That is the sad reality of medical school admissions. Grades are used to determine GPA, and this is one of the only concrete rankings, so medical schools use them. They have no idea what the difference between Physics 160 and Physics 1 is, or what makes Bio 225 so different from Bio 11 at your school. But, they do know that an A is better than a B. Medical schools are not going to try and weigh if Bob's B in graduate level physics indicates a better student than Bill's A in physics for lobotomized mice. retrieved from
http://medicalschool.com/Premedclasses.htm
