Weighted GPAs and Admissions

sablue
Wed, 09 Oct 2024 01:38:12 +0000

Hi Everyone,

I just attended a virtual information session for Miami University. When the conversation turned to merit scholarships, the Miami admissions rep stated that they will use whatever weighted GPA your high school has on the transcript. If your school doesn’t weight GPAs, they will do it. When they showed the different levels of scholarships, the highest level for out of state was starting at 15K if you have a 4.30+ GPA. She clearly stated they use the weighted GPA to determine the award.

My question is about what most schools do. What do most schools do with regards to weighted GPAs sent by high schools? In my son’s case, he’s got a weighted GPA of 4.43 and he would get the 15K or more from Miami, but what about most other schools. I would think it’s a mixed bag depending on the school. I ask because when we look at school profiles and common data sets, there is no mention of weighted or unweighted when they talk about overall applicant GPAs. Obviously, I hope they all use the weighted GPA on the transcript, but I’m not placing any bets on that.