<p>to follow on sybbie’s point. </p>
<p>The vast majority of premeds do not make it thru the four-year gauntlet to apply to med school, primarily bcos of grades that are too low – need a ~3.5 in the sciences to be competitive. Unlike private schools, which may curve on a B/B-, many publics still curve on a C/C+ (dunno about K State). Thus, the majority of grades in Frosh Chem at say, the public UCs, are Cs.</p>