@underasail wow thats awesome, congrats! 
would you mind posting your stats for us who are curious?
-Unweighted GPA: 3.97 (My school has an interesting GPA scale, so on a standard college scale (ie:100-93 being an A) I have a 4.00.
-Weighted GPA: Again, my school has an odd weighting system and Iâm not overly familiar with the standard 5 point scale, but with our scale (one point added for an honors course and two points added for the second semester of an AP course, it counts as honors the first) I have a 5.11.
-Courses: 5 Academic Courses, 13 Honors Courses, 8 AP Courses
-Class Rank: 2nd out of 479
-ACT Scores: Composite: 34, English: 32, Math: 32, Reading: 35, Science: 36
-AP Scores: World: 4, Environmental: 5, Chemistry: 5, AB Calculus: 5, US History: 5, and I am currently taking BC Calculus, Physics I and II, and Biology
-ECs: I am the captain of the sailing team at my high school (4 years) , I am also a Unified Partner for the local Special Olympics sailing team (3 years), I am in National Honor Society at my high school (3 years, 1 year as PR Committee Head), I am also in Beta Club (2 years)
-Work Experience: I worked at a yacht club in Maine as the head race instructor and assistant sailing instructor over the summer between Junior and Senior year.
-Honors/Awards: My school doesnât really give awards until the end of senior year, so all I have is the AP Scholar with Distinction from Junior year.
If youâd like to know anything else, please let me know. I was very much myself in the interview. I was comfortable with the people who interviewed me, and I thought it went incredibly well.
@underasailâ- Itâs a legit message ⊠congrats!!
Thank you @Sally_Rubenstoneâ. I was initially sceptical because I couldnât find the woman who called me on Miamiâs website, but after more searching, I did. I was pretty sure a major institution wouldnât pull a prank this meaningful.
@underasailâ Thatâs wonderful, congratulations! So it sounds like we should all know within the next day or so!
Thank you @chris17mom!
Want to see whether we are the ones who has this issue OR others also got a similar UM FinAid offer.
Last week, my S got the FinAid letter (& a copy in email) that shows his $26K Presidentâs Scholarship under the header âGrants and scholarships from your schoolâ, and a small work study/loan options. We couldnât find ANY need based grant money at all!!!
If we run the College Board NPC from UM website, My S should be getting a lot of grant money. UM FinAid offer seems completely incorrect. We sent an email to UM asking for clarification. Not sure when or whether they will respond!!!
Hmmm, I know we donât qualify for need-based aid, so I wasnât looking for that. But yes, call the financial aid department and ask them!
Anybody get a call today? Im still waiting and more anxious than everâŠ
No! And now my son is not sure about his first choice school, so an answer from U Miami would be really helpful right about now. I still donât even know if the school is an option for us! 
Has anyone else heard any replies or updates on when decisions will be released?
Still nothing.
I usually read here and donât post, but wanted to let those of you still waiting to hear from UM know I am commiserating with you⊠the waiting is/was unbearable! Iâm @underasail âs Mom, and we feel very fortunate to (a) already have heard about the Singer Scholarship, and (b) already know that one was awarded to him. He did receive a personal call from the admissions office late in the day on 4/1 congratulating him on his selection as a Singer Scholar (since we absolutely did not expect an actual phone call, and since he had been told that morning when he called that it might be another week to ten days before students were notified, and since it was April Foolsâ Day, we were excited but truth be told a tad nervous about believing the whole thing!) - but it was another two days before he received an email and was able to see the award on his Financial Aid page. We are very grateful, and weâre hoping that all of you here on CC hear good news very soon! Happy Easter!
So we were finally notified today that my son was NOT selected as a Singer/Stamps scholarship winner. However, they gave him another grant of $4000 (Gables Scholarship). So if Iâm doing the math right and they donât take away money from the other scholarships and grants they gave him, they would be giving him about $41,500 in aid. Which is phenomenal and almost a full-tuition scholarship anyways! This makes UM totally affordable for us! However my son is now leaning towards U Richmond I believe, which is also a great choice. But he is still not sure, and this could be a game changer. So all in all, Iâm pretty happy with these results!
Glad you finally got an answer, @chris17mom, and youâre right - his total aid is very close to the full tuition scholarship! Good choices aboundâŠ
@spamyamyâ Thanks!!! I am actually quite happy with this!
@chris17mom Congrats on the additional $$. Something to keep in mind - scholarship $$ stay constant but tuition/room/board $$ go up every yearâŠplus the incidentals (books, travel to & from school etc.) can add up.
@wistfulthinkingâ Yes, thatâs true. And U Miami is still one of the more expensive options for us, but itâs now coming in around $16,000 total for room and board (this year anyways). I donât factor in books, expenses or travel for any of the schools, since Iâll be paying those costs anywhere, though they could vary somewhat of course. All in all, $16,000 is a fantastic price for UM, and itâs high on my sonâs very short list of schools heâs picking from. In fact, itâs pretty much coming down to just UM or U Richmond! So we will see what happens! Iâm very happy with this price, and it is basically do-able for us, so it will really just be a matter of which school my son prefers after we visit Richmond next week. They are both great schools, but very different, so I canât wait to find out which one he picks.
@chris17mom - let us know what he decides. Itâs wonderful that he has two great options!
Not sure why they are informing in batches. We have not received any update in spite of attending the Singer interview long long ago ie., in January 2015. 2 weeks ago we sent an email to UM asking for status. No response yet.