@parentologist D just started med school in Texas. She had a 97%ile MCAT score and attended a school currently ranked in top 5 (for whatever that ranking is worth) and graduated in engineering. None of that meant anything because when she applied to well known med schools, her performance at her school is compared to others who were applying. There were plenty of others who had 3.8 to 3.9 GPAs who were competing who got into elite medical schools while she blew her GPA in sophomore year on irrelevant and unneeded 5 credit language class (B or B+) among others because she likes languages and overloading on credits for no reason reducing focus.
My suggestion would be to put more focus on the planning and ensuring you do well in each class rather than assume one wont do well in their own school and must get better grades elsewhere. If you are able to get into a school, you are good enough to do well in that school. Unfortunately, doing good enough in undergrad normally means 3.2 GPA except when applying to medical schools which want to see 3.7 or 3.8.