<p>It isn’t tough to get a decent GPA without working that hard. 3.5 is probably like 20th percentile with 4.0 like 90th. A’s are handed out liberally and it’s pretty easy to ‘cherrypick’ classes to bolster your GPA. Furthermore it’s easy to become resident lab ***** for an established professor and get the stellar recs you need. That said Tech probably isn’t the best place to go for pre-med but it certainly isn’t as bad as people like to state.</p>