I am a high school senior and will be looking at applying for lots of scholarships this summer/school year. I am the oldest of five so I do not have an older sibling to help guide me through this process. My parents income will not qualify for any financial aid but they have already told me in advance that they will not be paying for my college. Many of the scholarships I have found are all need based. I am a Hispanic girl going into business management. Thank you!
Do your PSAT scores qualify you for the National Hispanic Scholar Recognition Program?
Some colleges offer scholarships for National Hispanic Scholars and National American Indian Scholars.
yes @WayOutWestMom , I received a letter and sent in all of the forms needed for the program. I have heard that the scholarships associated with the program are all need based…
@elisabeth7 - You need to check each scholarship individually. Some may be strictly merit-based.
Have you sat down with your parents to run the Net Price Calculators at the websites of some of the places that are currently on your list? What do those calculators indicate your family would be expected to pay? With five children at home, they might be more affordable than your parents think.
If your parents won’t be paying anything, then you need to focus on big-merit institutions. Start with the thread at the top of this forum that lists Automatic Full-tuition and Full-ride scholarships. See which of those you qualify for now, or could qualify for with a slight boost in ACT/SAT/GPA. Some of these scholarships will change for next year, so you need to check on each of them separately. Pay attention to application dates. Admission may have one date, but scholarship consideration may cut off much earlier. Check your own home state public universities too. Some of them have serious merit aid for in-state applicants.
Ask your parents if they will cover your health insurance while you are in college. Will they let you live at home for free if you decide to commute to a local college/university?
@elisabeth7
Not true that all of them are need based. University of New Mexico gives all in-state National Hispanic Scholars and National American Indian Scholars a full tuition scholarship. (The award for OOS applicants isn’t as generous. It gives in-state tuition rates–see Amigo Scholarship–but it’s pretty much automatic.)
https://scholarship.unm.edu/scholarships/non-resident.html
University of Arizona offers merit awards to both instate & OOS awards for National Scholars. Again in-staters get a more generous benefit than OOS applicants.
https://financialaid.arizona.edu/types-of-aid/scholarships/2017-2018-terms-and-conditions
Here’s a somewhat older thread that lists colleges that offer merit awards for NHS.
http://talk.qa.collegeconfidential.com/hispanic-students/1805958-need-recent-info-for-national-hispanic-scholars-2016-graduates.html#latest
It appears there are good many college that will offer merit for NHS. Not a full ride or even full tuiion in most places, but merit is available.
You will need to verify the information on each college’s website to make the offer is still available. but it’s place to start.
elisabeth7--what is your home state?
Are there any colleges within commuting distance of your home?If you have good grades and high test scores, check out Washington University in St. Louis’ Annika Rodriguez Scholars program - https://rodriguez.wustl.edu/the-program/
What are your test scores?
Who told you that? That is not true
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There may be some confusion between the Hispanic Scholarship Fund, which is need-based, and NHRP, which is a designation like NM.
There are some older discussions in the Hispanic Students forum http://talk.qa.collegeconfidential.com/hispanic-students/. As far as I know, the biggest automatic merit scholarship for NHRP is U Kentucky https://www.uky.edu/financialaid/scholarship-incoming-freshmen though it pays to hunt around.
UAB has a pretty good one, as well.
https://www.uab.edu/students/paying-for-college/scholarships/national