<p>Replace "uiuc.edu" as necessary to search other schools.</p>
<p>Here is a list of the "top" schools that are offering NHRP scholarships this year. I searched the top 50 schools where the largest number of National Merit Scholars enrolled in 2007.</p>
<p>U Texas Austin - "Our National Scholarship Programs are currently being developed. More information as it becomes available"
Texas A&M - $2K one-time + possible $12K + possible other $10-12.
Arizona State U. - $15K-$23K.
Ohio State U. - Full instate tuition.
U of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign - Full tuition.
Carleton College - $2K
U. of Alabama - Full tuition and room + $1K. A laptop and a one-time $2K.
U. of Arizona - $12.5K-$20K
U. of Nebraska - Lincoln - Full tuition + $2K
Indiana U. - Bloomington - $1K
Boston U. - Half tuition
St. Olaf College - $7.5K+
U of Central Florida - Pegasus Scholarship, terms unknown.
Iowa State U. - Up to full tuition possible.</p>
<p>Macalester College - $5K
Louisiana State University at Baton Rouge - up to $6.8K
University of South Carolina-Columbia - $10K or $6K + reduced tuition benefit
University of Kansas - $10K
University of Rochester - At least $15K
University of Texas at Dallas - Tuition +$6K + one time $2K (check with school)
Wheaton College (Illinois) - About $2K
Auburn University - Full tuition + one time $5.5K
Oklahoma State University - Full tuition + $5.5K
Mississippi State University - $5.5K or $5K + waiver of out-of-state tuition.
Johns Hopkins University - $1.5K
Kenyon College - No amount is stated
University of Iowa - $3K</p>
<p>Unless the university information says that they will automatically give you a specific award if you are NHRP all it means is that they are encouraging Hispanics to apply. If you are accepted then you are competing among all the Hispanics that were accepted for the limited number of awards they have available. The best chances obviously would be at the schools with a very low number of Hispanic students.</p>
<p>You are right, students should examine these web offers carefully and perhaps inquire with the college to understand what their chances are of receiving such awards. For example, UIUC offers 30 Provost Scholarships to instate NMFs, NAFs and NHRPSs, but the school enrolls more than 80 NMFs alone (don't know how many are instate), so I imagine the chances of getting a Provost Scholarship as a NHRPS are pretty low.</p>
<p>On the other hand, some schools will not tip their hand by saying that they will give these scholaships to all NHRPSs, but in practice they do. For example, Ohio State says NHRPSs "are eligible for consideration " for the Distinguished Scholarship, but when I inquired about my DS's chances of getting this scholarship, an admissions rep. told me they normally give out these to all elligible NHRP applicants.</p>
<p>As for the percentage of hispanic students in a particular school, that may not be the best way to estimate your chances of getting a Scholarship. For example, the Arizona schools (UA and ASU) have significant Hispanic populations, yet their NHRP scholarships are automatic. (And this fact is not spelled out in so many words on their websites.)</p>
<p>One last thought, at those schools that do not guarantee such scholarships, once you get in you are competing among all the NHRPSs (and possibly the NMFs and NAFs as well), not among all Hispanics.</p>
<p>My son hasn't gotten ANY such offers in the mail yet despite qualifying as a national hispanic Scholar.
Thanks a lot for the information, samk.
Any additional info?
Anyone?
I will post as (if) stuff comes to us!
Sadly NONE of the schools above (except U. Ill which turns out not to be very real; just a long-shot) are on his preliminary list.</p>
<p>I'm still slogging through the list of schools where more than 2 NMFs and/or NAFs enrolled in 2007. Here's my 3rd installment, completing the list of all schools that enrolled 10 or more such freshmen:</p>
<p>Whitman College - $1K + $2-$35K (merit + need)
Colorado State University - $2K-$11K
Miami University-Oxford - $10K
Florida State University - "The Office of Admissions offers a limited number of scholarships to National Merit Finalists, National Achievement Finalists, and National Hispanic Scholars. Please contact our office for more information."
Birmingham-Southern College - Full Tuition
Samford University - $5K+
Worcester Polytechnic Institute - $17K
Abilene Christian University - Amount not stated
Trinity University (Texas) - up to $2K
University of South Florida - $9K in addition to Florida Bright Futures, or Full tuition
Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering - No specific NHRP award, but all students get free tuition
George Washington University - No amount stated
Texas Christian University - $2K
University of Richmond - $750-$2K+strong consideration for $15K</p>
<p>Clarification for U of AL national Hispanic Merit..... It's a great deal if you have the needed associated stats.</p>
<p>This scholarship package is also available for National Hispanic Scholars with at least a 32 ACT or 1400 SAT score (critical reading and mathematics) and a 3.7 cumulative GPA. </p>
<p>National Merit Finalist, National Achievement Finalist, and National Hispanic Scholars
All National Merit and Achievement Finalists will receive:</p>
<p>Value of tuition in-state or out of state for 4 years
4 years of on-campus housing at regular room rate*
$1,000 per year University National Merit/Achievement Scholarship for 4 years
One time allowance of $2,000 for use in summer research or international study (after completing one year of study at UA)
Laptop computer**</p>
<p>Thanks for your efforts SamK! Finally a hit; birmingham southern college was on my sons preliminary list and now may get moved up!
Same for WPI; this MAY be enough to move it ahead of RPI.
Anything more you can help with?
J'adoube: I realize these are long shots but sometimes they pay off!
E2-E4 isn't the ONLY way to win!</p>
<p>I just visited Birmingham Southern two weeks ago. It's a beautiful and nice sized campus. But, the student body is also very small - about 1400 students (like a smallish high school). I believe that the boy/girl stats in the USnews is wrong. Our "student guide" told us that the boy/girl split was like 40/60. For some boys... that may be a "plus". There are very nice frat mansions on campus. 40% of boys are in frats and many live in the frat houses.</p>
<p>Finally got a letter.
Westminster COllege in Utah wrote to offer an "automatic" four year full tuition scholarship to "a 2009 National Hispanic Scholar".
Anyone here interested?</p>
<p>Thanks for the info JL.
Everyone else keep the info coming!
Let's keep this thread active.</p>
<p>I also got my letter a three days ago. I was accepting to the University of Arizona a few weeks ago, and today I got the reward letter for $50k over the next four years. DEFINATELY a good amount!</p>
<p>@ toughquestions: Yeah, it's on topic. As the thread mentioned, the U of A gives a scholarship to NHRP students, so I was sort of verifying it. Also wanted to mention: if you get into the Honors College at the U of A, you get some benefits for PSAT recognition. Still finding out what that entails...</p>
<p>Here is my final installment, covering all schools with 3 or more NMFs or NAFs in 2007:</p>
<p>Rochester Institute of Technology - $14.5K+
Austin College - $2K + 1 additional award
New College of Florida - $2.5K-$17.5K
Hendrix College - $1K
University of Puget Sound - No specific amount stated
Alma College - Up to full ride (in-state only?)
Butler University - Amount not stated
Cooper Union - No specific NHRP scholarship, but all students get full tuition
Ball State University - Full ride
Knox College - Up to $15K
University of Evansville - 75% tuition
University of Connecticut-Storrs - Instate-only. Amount not specified.</p>
<p>Similar schools often compete for the same students. In my DS's case, RPI offered a package similar to the one WPI advertised.</p>
<p>I think students should use guaranteed NHRP scholarship schools to build their list of financial safeties, but should not limit their applications to only those schools.</p>
<p>This school did not make my lists because it only enrolled one NMF in 2007. Apparently in 2006, they enrolled 4 NMFs, 1 NAF and 14 NHRPS!</p>
<p>The bigger point I would like to make is that I don't claim my list is complete. For one thing, I did not search through the remaining 100 schools where only 1 or 2 NMFs and/or NAFs enrolled in 2007. That would have yielded Westminster. Besides, the list of schools enrolling national scholars varies from year to year, as do each school's scholarship policies.</p>
<p>I still believe my search criteria is reasonable: if a school cannot enroll a handful of NMFs or NAFs, it is probably either not good enough or not generous enough to atract a NHRPS looking for a generous scholarship at a good school.</p>
<p>I did not take it as criticism. I was just editorializing. After providing a list of 60 or so schools I thought it was useful to muse about how complete, accurate or valuable I thought the list was.</p>
<p>I have just one more bit of info:</p>
<p>The last time I looked, the University of Arizona OOS amount had gone up from $20K to $25K.</p>