<p>What does this entitle one to exactly?</p>
<p>Some schools give merit money.</p>
<p>“What does this entitle one to exactly?”</p>
<p>There we go again with more entitlements.</p>
<p>I think practically free-ride at Arizona state U in the honors college.</p>
<p>You need to go to the Hispanic Students forum and you’ll find many threads discussing this subject or you can do a search.</p>
<p>Here’s the main thread about NHRP from the Hispanic Students subforum:</p>
<p><a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/hispanic-students/640730-national-hispanic-recognition-program.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/hispanic-students/640730-national-hispanic-recognition-program.html</a></p>
<p>There are a lot of other resources on the subforum for Hispanic students.</p>
<p>I’m one!</p>
<p>There’s no monetary benefit just from being named. Your name gets sent out, and lots of schools offer scholarships. Most are pretty small, but I landed a full-ride from UArizona. It’s worthwhile since it really takes minimal effort (just a high score on PSAT, as opposed to filling stuff out/essays/recommendations/etc.), but it’s really not a huge thing at most places.</p>
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<p>Well I’m sure as hell not doing this crap for my health. </p>
<p>And thanks for the help 
I found out I’m a semifinalist for it, and I’m positive I’ll become a finalist. ^</p>
<p>My DD is one of this year’s finalists. It is based on the score you got on your PSAT/SAT. She got lots of letters from different universities, including Ivy League colleges, inviting her to apply. In addition, several also offered her to be part of their Honor’s College and some also awarded her monetary compensation;U of AZ, ASU, U of NM, TX A&M) among others. Not all colleges offer monetary incentives for this achievement.</p>
<p>And just the satisfaction to be one of the top 5K Hispanic HS students in the US.</p>
<p>It means more than the honor itself. Colleges want to attract top Hispanic students. You may be a candidate for merit scholarship money (or at least a need-based aid package that isn’t dominated by loans) higher up the academic food chain than a white or Asian student with similar credentials would be.</p>
<p>I’m no great fan of affirmative action in terms of admissions. I think it leads to too many students getting into colleges for which they are underqualified and then struggling when they get there. But affirmative action in terms of money is an entirely different matter. If you can exploit your official status as a National Hispanic Scholar or your unofficial status as one of the nation’s top Hispanic students to attract merit scholarship money at a school where your credentials would put you in the middle of the academic pack, go for it.</p>
<p>Bandie Mom, not all do, but a lot do. And it’s often not advertised, which I find odd. An example: The University of Tulsa has nothing on its website about it, but the woman I spoke to said that there’s a $23,500 award attached. Why wouldn’t the school advertise that???</p>
<p>Link to another thread on this topic <a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/financial-aid-scholarships/247029-full-rides-national-hispanic-scholar-finalists.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/financial-aid-scholarships/247029-full-rides-national-hispanic-scholar-finalists.html</a></p>
<p>A friend of ours got generous awards to Auburn U for being a Hispanic scholar. excellent school, if you’re interested in that part of the country. he absolutely loves it. mech eng major</p>
<p>Good point, YouDon’tSay…why would a school not advertise that they have $$ awards? Many things come to mind…they don’t actively recruit Hispanic students, if nobody claims that award it could be given to another student, etc. I have to think it may have to do with what the school’s demographics are and who they are trying to attract. That is just my opinion.</p>
<p>The good thing is that it will get you under somebody’s radar. It may or may not be the radar you want to be under, but it’s a start. There’s a lot of homewok to be done and it will help that you have financial need.</p>