<p>Can anyone tell me which schools will give a merit based award for being a NHS? I got offered a full ride to Univ of Nebraska - Lincoln. It wasn't until I got that letter that I realized that being a NHS actually meant something. Do other universities recognize this?</p>
<p>Check out UArizona, UIowa & BU, they all have merit scholarships targeted specifically towards NHS.</p>
<p>Arizona State University -
Residents: Tuition is about $4300
$12,500 annual award renewable for three additional years provided you satisfy Renewal Criteria.
$50,000 total four-year value.
Nonresidents: Tuition is about $15000
$21,500 annual award renewable for three additional years provided you satisfy Renewal Criteria.
$86,000 total four-year value.
This award includes the college-sponsored, corporate-sponsored or NMSC-sponsored scholarship award.</p>
<p>Any other schools that offer scholarships for National Hispanic Scholars?</p>
<p>From Boston University 's website:</p>
<p>National Hispanic Recognition Program (NHRP)
This half-tuition scholarship is awarded to National Hispanic Recognition Program finalists who have exceptionally strong academic records. To be eligible, NHRP Scholar Finalists must include their Finalist letter with their application for admission to Boston University. Recipients are chosen by the Boston University Board of Admissions and by the Scholarship Committee.</p>
<p>Recipients' average high school GPA: 3.80
Average rank in class: top 5 percent
Average SAT I score: 1364 (ACT: 30)</p>
<p>from their websites:
New College of Florida - New College Excellence Award</p>
<p>Florida residents -$5,500 - ($22,000 over four years)
Non-Florida residents $17,500 - ($70,000 over four years)</p>
<p>Requirements:
You must be a National Merit4 or National Achievement finalist and select New College as your first-choice according to National Merit Scholarship Corporation (NMSC) procedures.
OR
You must be a National Hispanic Scholar, recognized through the College Board National Hispanic Recognition (NHR) Program</p>
<p>and from University of Alabama - </p>
<p>University of Alabama National Merit and National Achievement Finalists and National Hispanic Scholars will receive:</p>
<p>Value of tuition in-state or out of state for 4 years
4 years of on-campus housing
$1,000 per year University National Merit/Achievement/Hispanic Scholarship for 4 years
One time allowance of $2,000 for use in summer research or international study
Laptop computer</p>
<p>Here are some of the links to the scholarship programs:</p>
<p>Arizona State - Tempe, AZ
<a href="http://www.asu.edu/fa/scholarships/freshmen.html%5B/url%5D">http://www.asu.edu/fa/scholarships/freshmen.html</a> (look for National Hispanic Scholar)
Residents:
$12,500 annual award renewable for three additional years provided you satisfy Renewal Criteria.
$50,000 total four-year value.
Nonresidents:
$21,500 annual award renewable for three additional years provided you satisfy Renewal Criteria.
$86,000 total four-year value. </p>
<p>University of Iowa -
<a href="http://www.uiowa.edu/admissions/undergrad/costs/frst-yr-fin-aid.htm%5B/url%5D">http://www.uiowa.edu/admissions/undergrad/costs/frst-yr-fin-aid.htm</a></p>
<p>University of Nebraska Lincoln
<a href="http://admissions.unl.edu/diversity/nationalhispanic.asp%5B/url%5D">http://admissions.unl.edu/diversity/nationalhispanic.asp</a></p>
<p>Ball State University - Muncie, IN
<a href="http://www.bsu.edu/news/article/0,1370,-1019-899,00.html%5B/url%5D">http://www.bsu.edu/news/article/0,1370,-1019-899,00.html</a></p>
<p>Worcester Polytechnic Institute - WPI - Worcester, MA
<a href="http://www.admissions.wpi.edu/Costs/scholarships.html%5B/url%5D">http://www.admissions.wpi.edu/Costs/scholarships.html</a></p>
<p>Willimette - Salem, OR
<a href="http://www.willamette.edu/dept/finaid/scholarships.htm%5B/url%5D">http://www.willamette.edu/dept/finaid/scholarships.htm</a></p>
<p>Boston University - Boston
<a href="http://www.bu.edu/admissions/apply/scholar_merit.html%5B/url%5D">http://www.bu.edu/admissions/apply/scholar_merit.html</a></p>
<p>University of Texas at Austin
<a href="http://www.texasscholarships.org/types/ntl_hispanic.html%5B/url%5D">http://www.texasscholarships.org/types/ntl_hispanic.html</a></p>
<p>Auburn University - Auburn, Alabama
<a href="http://www.auburn.edu/scholarship/scholarship-types/entering-freshman-scholarships.html%5B/url%5D">http://www.auburn.edu/scholarship/scholarship-types/entering-freshman-scholarships.html</a></p>
<p>New Mexico State University
<a href="http://honors.nmsu.edu/natscholars.html%5B/url%5D">http://honors.nmsu.edu/natscholars.html</a></p>
<p>University of Arizona
<a href="http://www.honors.arizona.edu/NationalScholars/details.htm%5B/url%5D">http://www.honors.arizona.edu/NationalScholars/details.htm</a></p>
<p>Cornell College - Mt Vernon, Iowa
<a href="http://www.cornellcollege.edu/financial_assistance/academic.shtml%5B/url%5D">http://www.cornellcollege.edu/financial_assistance/academic.shtml</a></p>
<p>for the alabama scholarship you need a 32 ACT and a 3.7 GPA unweighted. the GPA is not listed on the website, but i got shot down becaus of it, despite angry emails.</p>
<p>my brother got like a full ride to arizona state because of his national hispanic scholarship.</p>
<p>My daughter was offered a full tuition scholarship ($20,600) each year at Westminster U. in Salt Lake City. Don't know much about it. They contacted us.</p>
<p>i listed Oklahoma State University as my number one college on the PSAT and they sent me this email today. There is no info about the scholarship on the web page, but i thought i'd mentin it</p>
<p>I’m responding to the email you sent to <a href="mailto:finaid@okstate.edu">finaid@okstate.edu</a>.</p>
<p>We’re extremely happy to hear you’re considering OSU; being an alumnus myself it’s always great to see 2nd and 3rd generation Cowboys return to the university.</p>
<p>I’m happy to report that OSU has just unveiled a new scholarship package for National Hispanic Scholars. The new package includes: </p>
<p>A full waiver of your tuition renewable for 5 years - approximate total value $59,160. </p>
<p>A $5,500/year cash award renewable for 4 year – total value $22,000. </p>
<p>We should be sending you an award package soon.</p>
<p>Please let us know if you have any questions – we’d love to see you here in OSU orange next year.</p>
<p>The University of Southern California also offers half tuition, although it is possible to get it bumped up to full tuition- I did.</p>
<p>Does USC still offer the half tuition for National Hispanic Scholars? It is not listed in the website...
<a href="http://www.usc.edu/admission/fa/sg/entering_undergrad_meritbased/%5B/url%5D">http://www.usc.edu/admission/fa/sg/entering_undergrad_meritbased/</a></p>
<p>This is so helpful! Texas State is just up the street (well, sort of) and I didn't even know that!</p>
<p>Westminster in UT offered my son full tuition, but retracted it because he has college credits. Some schools allow students to still apply as freshmen depending on how many credits and when they got those credits (example: UT Austin allows up to 12 credits within 1 year of graduation to still be considered a freshman) but Westminster didn't allow any. So we had to cross it off the list. Seemed like a really good school.</p>
<p>UT Austin offers $3k per year for 4 years.</p>