I have a weighted GPA of 5.33 (no kidding), am Valedictorian, etc. I’m predicted 45/45 and did tons of activities and internships.
Does that mean I could perhaps get into Princeton, if the weighted GPA is only 3.8?
What is your unweighted that is what is important since each HS has a different weighting system?
Not sure where you got that 3.8 is average weighted GPA for Princeton. Here is the common dataset information for Princeton on an 4.0 (unweighted scale)
C11 Percentage of all enrolled, degree-seeking, first-time, first-year (freshman) students who had high school grade- point averages within each of the following ranges (using 4.0 scale). Report information only for those students from whom you collected high school GPA.
Percent who had GPA of 3.75 and higher
87.64%
Percent who had GPA between 3.50 and 3.74
8.26%
Percent who had GPA between 3.25 and 3.49
2.55%
Percent who had GPA between 3.00 and 3.24
1.16%
Percent who had GPA between 2.50 and 2.99
0.31%
Percent who had GPA between 2.0 and 2.49
0.08%
Percent who had GPA between 1.0 and 1.99
0.00%
Percent who had GPA below 1.0
0.00%
Totals should = 100%
100.00%
Do weighted grades or class rank matter in the evaluation of applications?
In trying to get a sense of the strength of the academic program you have pursued in high school, we look at your transcript course by course and consider all the information your school provides about your academic performance. We also ask the school official completing your School Report to comment on the rigor of your academic program in the context of what is available at your school. Weighted grades or class rank can be another measure of the strength of your academic program as compared with other students who also have many As, but we give equal consideration to applicants from schools that don’t weight grades or rank.
So you need around an unweighted 3.75 GPA or higher to be competitive.
3.8 definitely not the average weighted GPA of admits, and only unweighted GPA matters anyways.