<p>How is the national hispanic scholar determined? I am hispanic and I never heard much about it... What is the cutoff? Is it also different from state to state?
If somebody has information on it, I would be very thankful as I am having a hard-time finding detailed information on it.</p>
<p>Thank You!</p>
<p>hi</p>
<p>there is info on the college board web site. Basically, if you have a high score on the PSAT, each state has a different cutoff, your name goes on a CD which college board then sells it to schools that are looking for hispanic students with high scores It is a regognition program, not scholarship = no money</p>
<p>but wouldn't colleges (not top ones/ just regular/state colleges) give you some kind of scholarship?</p>
<p>I'm really sorry. The Hispanic one doesn't get any scholarships. I think the standards for the hispanic one are lower than even the black one because you can get a scholarship from some schools with the black people one (not many).</p>
<p>Scratch that. There are a FEW schools that give scholarships for the hispanic one.</p>
<p>So you need to find the colleges that do give money for it and get more information about them.</p>
<p>I'm going to University of Tulsa (looking into it) because they give money.</p>
<p>So some searching of old posts, google etc. ASU is very generous with aid, Oklahoma has something, some schools make you eligible for scholarships. If you are a NHS you will receive info from some of the schools. I think Ohio state made you eligible for special professional programs. Just keep seaching.
We first learned from Iowa's letter to son. I called college board and they verified.
Son did not end up attending a school that gave merit aid to NHS, but is very happy at his LAC.</p>
<p>do you remember when your son received the letter from Iowa that caused you to call college board? I'm trying to figure out when we might hear for this year.</p>
<p>Dear Charmmom,
I found my old calendar. Rec'd letter 10/29. I also found 2 college board #'s, one is the main, one is for the NHS-If I remember correctly. It was two yrs ago & I thought I had #'s better labeled. I still have the ASU office #, they were very nice. They also verified and sent out application-full tuition + $2,500 (I think) needed to maintain 3.5 gpa and do 20 hrs community service.</p>
<p>My daughter should also be a National Hispanic Scholar...was wondering about notification as well. I would like to get that accolade on her resume, but don't want to jump the gun...lol.</p>
<p>Re: Scholarships:</p>
<h2>University of Texas offers scholarships to NHS...12,000 - 13,000 I believe. And about the same for National Merit Finalists. But if your student is a NMF and NHS, they will only get one award.</h2>
<p>Texas A&M University stacks awards. They really throw money at NHS, NAS and NMSF & NMF. And TAMU University Honors is a pretty decent program. My daughter was invited to their summer program for h.s. seniors and came away pretty impressed with their pre-med program and med school. </p>
<p>Click on Honors for information about that program. NHS scholarship and other info is under Academic Scholarships.</p>
<h2><a href="http://honors.tamu.edu/default.aspx%5B/url%5D">http://honors.tamu.edu/default.aspx</a></h2>
<p>Rice is more generous with NHS than NMF I've heard.....even though they focus more on need-based awards than merit-based. But hey...they are a Little Ivy. :-) I do know they absolutely pride themselves on diversity, so NHS is a big plus for admissions as with any highly selective.</p>
<p>lamom: Thanks for looking into it.Some other people have told me that the lists goes to the high schools in Sept. then they decide when to release it. I called NHP and left a message for them to call me back, but they never did. My son wants to go ED (no money), so I am hoping to find out about NHS before hand. Maybe it will open other doors or make some money available elsewhere whch would make him reconsider ED.</p>