<p>Hello, I'm a guy attending the North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics, and I'm an upcoming senior thinking of applying to the Dual Degree Medicine program at UMiami. I won't be able to afford to go if I don't get some kind of scholarship, and of course, if I don't get accepted.</p>
<p>The honors program requires a GPA of 3.75, but from my school, very few students are able to maintain such a GPA, partly because of the 5.0 scale, and partly because of the very rigorous workload and classes. I got about half B's, though A's in all the maths and sciences. My ACT composite is 33, with a 36 in science and 32 in mathematics, and I plan on retaking it. I'll also be taking the math 2 SAT and chem SAT. I don't know if this helps, but I got a 5 in AP chemistry sophomore year. GPA from the high school I attended for 9th and 10th grade was 3.9 unweighted and 4.8 weighted, and I did not make anything below an A-.</p>
<p>If you don't know much about my school, here's the website Experience</a> NCSSM | Accept the Greater Challenge
The average SAT score from my school is about 2000, and many students receive academic, musical, and athletic scholarships. Our class is not ranked. Every teacher has either a masters or doctorate degree in the appropriate subject. The school is for 11th and 12th graders, and the school is part of the UNC system. We excel in athletic competitions (all sports regional champions, several state champions) and science competition (many national and state awards). It's one of the top high schools in the state, and the first of its kind in the nation. Thousands of students apply each year, about 300 get in. Read more if you feel like you need to know more of the background.</p>
<p>Some more stuff about me
I have a total of 8 Science Olympiad medals, some from regionals, some from state
I have an academic and an athletic letter, for varsity tennis.
I was on the varsity tennis team for two years and junior varsity soccer for two years.
I have a total of more than 100 volunteer hours at my local hospital, in affiliation with Duke health systems.
I volunteered with kicking4hunger, habitat for humanity, and other non-profits.
I am a math TA at my school, meaning I help my teacher after school tutor kids in pre-cal, calc AB/BC, and multivariable.
I was asked by the head of the Physics and Chemistry department at my local university to participate in reacher dealing with synthesizing biofuels, and I spent enough lab time to get two hours of college credit in organic chemistry.
I participated in summer ventures and did a "research" project in physics, and I won the catalyst award, meaning I was chosen out of all the research groups to represent UNCW at the science teachers' convention and present my findings.
I am part of the election board committee at my school.
I co-founded a Hindi seminar, in which I will be educating other students in Hindi and they will receive grades for the class, which shows up on their transcript.
I was participated in state and nationals Technology Student Association and received third place in state for designing an animation displaying the behavior of catalysts in chemical reactions.
I am a boy scout, I go camping, and I am very close to my Eagle, and I plan on finishing that up.
I participate in three different dance groups at my school, with a wide variety of styles and many hours of commitment.
I have more.. but this is all I can write up for now</p>
<p>Here is my list of classes for 11th and 12th grade. The minimun GPA point value for any is 5.0 because of the high standards.</p>
<p>11th
American Studies (taught by a phd in english and a phd in history) 5.0
Molecular and Cellular Biology 6.0
AP Calc BC (With advanced topics) 6.0
Physics (with advanced topics, taught by phd in physics) 5.5
Korean seminar 5.0
Intro Spanish 5.0
AP Psychology (taught by phd in psychology) 6.0</p>
<p>12th
Intermediate Spanish 5.0
Organic Chemistry 6.0
Modeling/Differential Equations 6.0
Anatomy and Physiology 5.5
Western European Cultural Studies 6.0
Developmental Biology 5.5
Architecture 5.5
Vector functions/partial Derivatives 6.0
Polymer Chemistry 6.0
Creative Writing 5.5
Multiple integrals/vector fields 6.0</p>
<p>So that's my schedule.</p>
<p>So I wanna know my chances of getting into UMiami, the medicine program, and/or of getting a scholarship.
Sorry this post is so long and boring haha, I just wanted to put everything I thought would be relevant, and thanks for all of your help!</p>
but hopefully GPA doesn’t matter much. Does it?</p>