<p>I think princeton’s grade deflation will hurt one’s chance of gaining admission into ‘GPA heavy’ areas such as medical or law school. Although many top tier law and med schools take into account the rigor of ones undergraduate institution, the simple fact is that they like higher GPAs more than prestigious undergrads. Think about it. Law schools and med schools publish the GPA of applicants who were succesful in gaining admission but usually never publish data about where their students come from. I transferred from a regionally strong school to an ivy and can guarantee you that almost all the pre-meds at my ivy are stronger than the students from my previous regional school. Yet, half at the ivy will eventually be weeded out and will not be able to make it into med school wheras they probably would have made it had they gone to a lesser school.</p>
<p>Think about it this way. The avg GPA of a pre-professional at princeton is around 3.2-3.3…most princeton applicants who are successful at gaining admission to a professional school ( mainly speaking about med school, probably still works for law) is around 3.5. According to princeton review, med schools generally give 0.1-.2 bonus to a student from an ivy or chicago, duke, etc. That means, an applicant from Boston College with a 3.6-3.7 will stand roughly the same chance as you if you graduate princeton with a 3.5. This however is total ******** because getting a 3.5 at princeton is much harder than getting a 3.65 at BC. It sucks, but sometimes you just have to bite the bullet.</p>