Help me choose a college: The importance of school rigor/ranking & public vs private

So I'm going to be applying to colleges soon and am wondering about the importance of private vs public, rigor of the school, school ranking, etc. My understanding was that medical/dentistry schools generally do not care about where you graduate from; a 3.7 gpa from Rochester is the same as a 3.7 gpa from the University of Michigan. I am, however, assuming that a 3.5 gpa from Harvard/Stanford/Princeton is superior to a 3.7 from Florida State University or at least on the same level. I... Help me choose a college: The importance of school rigor/ranking & public vs private
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