<p>Top schools are going to be tougher than lower tier schools. Yet, if you check the roster of students attending all the top med schools, they mostly went to prestigous colleges. So, for getting into top med schools, it’s not a matter of attending a top college or getting a high GPA. It’s BOTH. The average student at a top med school went to a top college AND got a great GPA.</p>
<p>Now, for an average med school, GPA is going to be more important than the prestige of the college. So, it may behoove you to go to UC Davis for that reason. It depends on where you are setting your sights. If you want to attend a prestigous med school, I think it’s harder to get in from a non-prestigous college. If you want to attend an average or low-tier med school, it’s probably easier at a non-prestigous college.</p>
<p>This is all assuming that you like Berkeley and Davis equally. There’s no point in attending a college where you’ll be miserable and where you don’t like the environment. You aren’t likely to do well at such a college regardless of grade inflation.</p>