<p>Hello, I am a worried sophomore from albuquerque, new mexico and was wondering about the stats that University of Miami posts. In their view books, they publish their average GPA as a 4.04. I do not know if this is weighted or not. My school does not weigh and i am nervous because my stats are not that high. Are my chances doomed, or is this GPA weighted? Any feedback would be very helpfulThanks.</p>
<p>That is a weighted GPA. My daughter’s HS does not weigh either. She had a 3.7 and got in.</p>
<p>You can’t have more than a 4.0 unweighted. Thus, the 4.04 average GPA is weighted. Note, this means that 50% got under 4.04 weighted GPA. Thus, it is NOT the minimum required GPA.</p>
<p>Just for the record, depending on the weight that your school provides, an unweighted 4.04 usually approximates about a 3.5 unweighted GPA with mostly honors and AP courses.</p>
<p>We visited UM the summer before my son entered his senior year. His GPA going into his senior year was a 3.77 weighted. After our tour, hearing aobut the 4.2 average GPA, we never thought he would get in --he almost did not apply, it was an afterthought; the last application he checked off on the common applic. Then we did not hear from UM for a long long time. He did not get his acceptance letter till mid April. His GPA went up to a 3.8 in his senior year after 7th semester grades, and he sent in a mid term report. His SAT’s also went up considerably in November 05 (the last SAT’s he took). And he got in with a nice scholarship offer. His stats when all was said and done were a 3.818 weighted GPA and 2030 SAT (760 CR, 570M,700W). His unweighted GPA is about 3.5 or a bit higher. So, I think the hooplala about the 4.0++ average GPA may be true, but it is an AVERAGE GPA and i do believe anyone with a 3.5 unweighted has a good shot. It is funny how it works out; we never thought he would be going to UM; he had picked northeastern schools that were smaller, but when we did the math in terms of scholarship offers–UM was great and the program, which we did not really look into on our visit there because we never thoght he would get in-turns out also to be very good–he is going into communic/motion pics and a double major of anthropology. We are all very excited and I think it pays to throw those last minute applications, especially the “reach” applications in!!</p>
<p>i had a 3.4 and got the singer (full) scholarship, so 4.04 is defintily not a requirement</p>