<p>Has anyone heard from the National Hispanic recognition Program? Do you think a PSAT score 0f 213 will qualify for California? Do colleges get a list of students who qualify? Thanx for any info.</p>
<p>NHRP</a> - National Hispanic Recognition Program - PSAT/NMSQT Scholarships & Recognition</p>
<p>"an important component of the program is the roster of names distributed to subscribing four-year postsecondary institutions. The list of all students selected in the program is sent in October to these subscribing colleges and universities. "</p>
<p>I think there approximately 200 or so schools that subscribe to the list, but the list is secret. I asked.</p>
<p>Why is it so secretive? What's the advantage in that? Secret are no fun until you tell everyone :D</p>
<p>The whole NHRP program suffers from too much secrecy. On the one hand we have schools that are willing to give generous scholarships to NHRP Scholars. On the other hand we have students, parents and GCs who have never even heard of the program and think of it as just one more silly piece of paper that crosses their desk. It is usually the interested colleges, through direct mailing, that end up informing the students of the value of having been named NHRP Scholar.</p>
<p>SamK, you're right about the secrecy and we are very lucky that my D's extremely inexperienced counselor took that piece of paper seriously. He had never heard of it and if he had ignored it, we would never have heard of it either. She is the first at her school ever to receive it.</p>
<p>I searched carefully and I found about 20 schools (just a guess) that offer substantial scholarships; I only kept track of full tuition and better scholarships. I Googled every variation of NHRP/National Hispanic Scholarship that I could think of and went through the first 40 Google pages...BORING!</p>
<p>There are also several threads here at CC with scholarship info for NHRP Scholars, including this one:</p>
<p>If you have a more current or more complete list, would you mind sharing it with the community?</p>
<p>SamK, I've looked at those threads. I will have to go back through my stuff and see how much I purged because of a lack on interest on my daughter's part in some (most) of the schools.</p>
<p>Here's what I know off the top of my head. </p>
<p>Ball State is the only school I found that offers a full ride, meaning, tuition, fees, room and board (doesn't cover books). This is a great school for anyone who wants to become a teacher.</p>
<p>Several schools offer full tuition plus for in state or out of state students...</p>
<p>Alamaba: Full tuition, Room, $1K per year, $2K for summer research or study abroad</p>
<p>Oklahoma State: Full tuition, $5,500 per year</p>
<p>University of Nebraska: Full tuition, $2K per year (may also qualify for other scholarships based on SAT and GPA which could be up to $10,200 per year; that would make this the best financial package of all the schools I researched)</p>
<p>Auburn University: Full tuition, one-time $1,500 technology allowance, automatic admission to honors college, $4K enrichment experience in third year</p>
<p>Full tuition for in state and out of state:</p>
<p>Arizona and Arizona State</p>
<p>Westminster (Salt Lake City)</p>
<p>Some other schools offer full tuition for in state students; I believe, but I'm not sure, that UIUC does. I did not save any records on those because none of them were our state :( </p>
<p>Many others, mostly private, offer scholarships less than full tuition, from $1,000 per year up to $15,000 per year. But if your starting point is $45,000 per year, you're still left with a huge sum to cover.</p>
<p>Jaf, the thread I listed above is currently, as far as I know, the most complete list of NHRP scholarships on CC and possibly on the whole Web. I took good advantage of it when my DS was applying to colleges last year, and I like to pay it forward by keeping that thread alive and by answering questions about NHRP here on CC.</p>
<p>The schools you listed above are all in the above thread, but if you come up with some others that are not listed, it would be great if you post them there.</p>
<p>SamK, where did your daughter end up?</p>
<p>DS = Dear Son. He ended up at the University of Arizona.</p>
<p>Silly me, all I saw was the "D." How does he like Arizona? I love Tucson, but DD is not convinced she will like the desert.</p>
<p>He loves it there. We live in the Great Lakes region and he really wanted "warm". Tucson has got that in spades! We visited in February. We left our ice and snow-covered home town and arrived in 70-degree weather, which I think was enough to clinch the deal for him on the spot. This summer he was home and he mentioned he "misses his cactuses". It's fair to say he has no qualms about the desert.</p>
<p>Tucson is a huge small town. If your D is loking for a more cosmopolitan experience, Phoenix is 100 miles and a world away from Tucson. The UA campus is very nice. When we visited we both loved the Mall (which I think of as a very long quad) and the uniform red brick architecture. Given the large student population that it serves, the campus does not seem particularly large or spread out. There's a certain laid-back quality about the UA that we found appealing after visiting several schools in the NE where students seemed to be a little bit too high-strung.</p>
<p>For me, the coolest thing about UA is its focus on Astronomy, Planetary Sciences and Optics, all part of my childhood passion for all things space. The fact that they are now operating a robot on Mars is just too cool for words. Alas, DS's interests lie elsewhere.</p>
<p>Before committing to the UA, we read Declining</a> by Degrees and watched the corresponding PBS documentary. Declining by Degrees is a critical piece about higher education in America, and it just happens to showcase UA as exhibit A. Our takeaway was that it is easy to fall into mediocrity (or worse) in an environment like that. Fortunately my S is surrounded by other students of his calliber (both in his dorm and in his classes) and seems to be challenged. He's taking advantage of some opportunities that he would not have had access to in a private school.</p>
<p>The worst thing for him is the cross-country flying, which he just hates. Also, airfares to Tucson are sometimes way out of line with fares to Phoenix. On several trips back home he has flown into or out of Phoenix and hitched a ride between Tucson and Phoenix.</p>
<p>The scholarship $$$ is good but the state of Arizona is going through some rough economic times and OOS tuition went up 15% last year, with talk of at least another 15% this year, and lots of belt-tightening and reorganization within the university. I figure by my S's senior year, the big scholarship will not be enough to cover tuition, but on the whole we're very thankful for their generosity.</p>
<p>I don't think Arizona is the only university that may be facing a money crunch!</p>
<p>Right now we're leaning towards Nebraska. D's intended major/minor is something that is found at every school, so that's not a huge issue for us. My H is from Nogales, AZ, but we've not really spent any time in Arizona. D thinks she would prefer cold to heat, but we'll see. We're in Seattle, so not much of either to base an opinion on.</p>
<p>Lets keep this thread near the top. We are all interested in information (the more current the better) regarding money available for those on the NHRP list. Other tremendous offers for hispanic students should also be posted. Ideally, note should also be made regardig whether or not financial need (or JUST merit) is a component in determining who gets the award.</p>
<p>Most likely it will work out better if you have financial need. Basically they make a list and that list is given (sold?) to interested colleges. The colleges then send a generic letter to prospective Hispanic Scholars: "Wow, we think you are great. Please apply." De dinero, nada.The way I see it the Federal Government offers money to the schools if they increase the percentage of Hispanic students but that money is for the schools not for the students. Remember also that when schools offer financial aid it's not necessarily grants, it could also be loans. For states with large Hispanic populations (California, Florida, Texas) the schools already have a high percentage of Hispanic students so I don't think they recruit that much (they probably don't buy the list).</p>
<p>J', did you read posts 7 and 8 on this thread? Believe me, there are big Merit Scholarships out there for NHRP Scholars, including one that's a full ride (tuition, fees, room and board.) Check out some of them for yourself. They are not need-based and many of them are automatic (i.e. if you are a NHRP Scholar, you are guaranteed the scholarship .)</p>
<p>Agree with SamK, there are many merit (not need based) scholarships for NHRP scholars. None of these awards have anything to do with the Federal government, they are institutional grants from the colleges themselves.</p>
<p>Anyone start getting letters from the colleges yet offering $$$ FOR NATIONAL hISPANIC sCHOLARS?
Anyone with any additional info?
A lot of the links from the old link on the prior page are dead; for example the U of Ill. Did they stop their scholarship for national hispanic scholars?</p>
<p>The Federal government may not give them money to spend directly on the scholarships, but it gives them money for other things and that frees the money for the scholarship. The way I see it is like a young couple with a kid that wants to go out to dinner but can't afford the babysitter. "Mother" can come in and pay for their dinner (after they pay the babysitter), pay for the babysitter (so they can pay for their dinner), or better yet, babysit for free. In any case, "Mother" can exercise some influence on their affairs.</p>