National Hispanic Scholar question

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<p>Quick question: Is it easier to become a National Hispanic Scholar than it is to become a National Merit Scholar? If so, how much easier? And are the cut-off scores (ex. 210, 213, etc.) the same? Thanks in advance!</p>

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<p>Here are the 2011 cutoff scores for each region, straight from the College Board.
Region 1 - New England - 184
Region 2 - Mid Atlantic - 184
Region 3 - South - 193
Region 4 - Southwest - 182
Region 5 - Midwest - 193
Region 6 - West - 184</p>

<p>As you can see, the PSAT scores are considerably lower for National Hispanic Scholar compared to National Merit Semi-Finalists.</p>

<p>You will find lots of information about NHRP under Admissions–Hispanic</p>

<p><a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/hispanic-students/[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/hispanic-students/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>Yeah…they are lower. That’s good for me I guess, because I’m Hispanic. Do you know why this is?</p>

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<p>Hispanics and African Americans score lower on average than other races. </p>

<p>National Merit is like top 1% of all test takers which tends to be scores 215+.
The National Hispanic and National Achievement (for AAs) programs I believe still award about the top 1% of test takers of each respective race, and the score cutoff is around 185.</p>

<p>In the pool for National Merit, Hispanics and AA are both pretty drastically underrepresented due to this difference in average score. Thus they have their own pools to create a more level playing field (though they are of course included in the National Merit pool as well).</p>