<p>I don't think so fusion =/</p>
<p>See, the reason why Hispanic Scholar would be good for me is because I come from a no name town and I have like, an incredibly poor background so my college apps will never be as flashy or impressive as anyone else's, and just this one thing makes it at least a little easier for me in the college application process, if any at all.</p>
<p>First, there is the National Achievement Scholarship Program offered to African American PSAT test takers. It is very similar to the NHRP.
Second, Hooyamicah, can you elaborate on the offers and letters you recieved from the colleges in reference to the NHRP??
Third, Elocuence, if you scored high enough to rate National Hispanic Scholar, then your resumes can't be to bad. If your SATs resemble your PSAT or improve, like they should, then you should still be somewhat in the upper percentage.</p>
<p>Eloquence, I firmly believe affirmative action and special honors programs for URMs should be eliminated. If affirmative action must exist, it should be based on qualities of living conditions and school performances [i.e. if you manage to perform decently on PSATs and SAT Is despite living in a crappy school district, you should get some kind of merit].</p>
<p>Does anyone know the NHRP cut-off for New Jersey? a couple of years ago it was 183, but average PSAT scores went down this past year.</p>
<p>Do you think I made the cutoff with 196? (I'm kinda ***<em>ed I didn't do better... I didn't get much sleep the night before. If I had, I could've made NMS. What upsets me about it is that I scored higher on the *actual</em> SAT than all but 2 of the kids who made NMS at my school)</p>
<p>"Eloquence, I firmly believe affirmative action and special honors programs for URMs should be eliminated. If affirmative action must exist, it should be based on qualities of living conditions and school performances [i.e. if you manage to perform decently on PSATs and SAT Is despite living in a crappy school district, you should get some kind of merit]."</p>
<p>I still fit that description... I also live with a single parent who makes less than 20 thousand a year ^_^</p>
<p>And yes panda, you made it more than likely, but ask your counselors in case they forgot to fill it out?</p>
<p>Wow hooyah that's great to hear! I hope Penn recognizes me because I REALLY wanna go there!</p>
<p>Oh. Well then you deserve merit. :)</p>
<p>Thanks for the quick reply, Eloquence.</p>
<p>"I firmly believe affirmative action and special honors programs for URMs should be eliminated. If affirmative action must exist, it should be based on qualities of living conditions and school performances [i.e. if you manage to perform decently on PSATs and SAT Is despite living in a crappy school district, you should get some kind of merit]."</p>
<p>I would like to add that I also agree with this statement. I definitely do not fit this profile, but I do believe affirmative action needs to be changed (even though I do happily benefit from it. But really I shouldn't... my parents make <em>a lot</em> of hard earned money...and I do mean hard earned; they came from poor families, especially my dad).</p>
<p>"I still fit that description... I also live with a single parent who makes less than 20 thousand a year"</p>
<p>My best friend fits this description. She did very well on her SAT (I don't know about her PSATs), but because she in no way qualifies for minority status (well...bisexual... but that's not really recognised nationally as URM for many scholarships), she can't reap the URM benefits... Granted, she'll probably (hopefully - she should, anyway) get a full ride (as will you) to college because her mother only makes about 15000 a yr... But still. At best, the system is greatly flawed and at worst it's downright unjust.</p>
<p>Well, I think that even if AA was taken away, that colleges would probably still favor minorities just because there's so few of the high achieving ones.</p>
<p>I think the merit should come more or less from your background life, e.g. your personal socioeconomic status and what you've accomplished with that background, not just skin color.</p>
<p>That's exactly what I meant, eloquence. Anyways, good luck with NHS.</p>
<p>Does anybody knows what the min score is for Arizona?</p>
<p>Call and they’ll tell you.</p>
<p>How do the Program Advisors verify ethnicity?</p>
<p>Closing this very old thread. People interested in NHRP should go Hispanic Students forum where there is current information on this program.</p>