A friend at a private east coast medical school shared that his third-year grades don't really matter, since grade inflation is notorious at his school, with a third of his class honoring all of third year. As long as you put in some effort, you can expect straight honors.
I attend a public US med school on the west coast, where students on average honor only about 2-3 rotations in third year. Am I at a disadvantage? Are residency programs aware of which schools may grade inflate? If the expectation is that so many students are honoring nearly every rotation, then it would seem like doing well wouldn't help much but doing average would significantly hurt me.
Both schools are top 20 US med schools.
I attend a public US med school on the west coast, where students on average honor only about 2-3 rotations in third year. Am I at a disadvantage? Are residency programs aware of which schools may grade inflate? If the expectation is that so many students are honoring nearly every rotation, then it would seem like doing well wouldn't help much but doing average would significantly hurt me.
Both schools are top 20 US med schools.