<p>I had to get my class rank for a grad school app, and based on it I’d believe that a 3.5 is a median GPA for seniors. This doesn’t mean that a 3.5 is easy. As other people have said, I don’t think that number is likely to rise very much in the near future.</p>
<p>I agree with the other posters that if you really want to do medicine, Caltech probably isn’t the place for you. However, if you want to do research along with medicine, then Caltech may be a good fit- but you should definitely visit and talk to people who are doing what you want to do.</p>