<p>I just received notification that I was recognized as a National Hispanic Scholar and I'm wondering if any schools offer merit aid for students given this recognition.</p>
<p>Many of the ones that offer aid to National Merit offer the same aid to National Hispanic scholars. For a start, check the financial aid/merit scholarship pages of colleges listed here. <a href="http://homepage.mac.com/l_j/secondhome/National_Merit.html%5B/url%5D">http://homepage.mac.com/l_j/secondhome/National_Merit.html</a></p>
<p>Also Google "scholarships" "national hispanic" and you'll probably find other colleges. Many colleges that offer merit aid also will give preference to students getting awards like National Hispanic.</p>
<p>After looking through the internet, I've found several schools handsomely reward National Hispanic Scholars:</p>
<p>University of Texas at Austin
University of Alabama
University of Nebraska at Lincoln
University of Southern California
Auburn University
Colorado State University
and pretty much every public school in Florida.</p>
<p>any addtional information or corrections?</p>
<p>U Arizona
U Rochester
BU
Willamette U</p>
<p>University of Southern California gives half tuition.</p>
<p>Thank you for your responses.</p>
<p>Pretty much when colleges say they give money to merit scholars, that means National Merit, Achievement, and Hispanic Scholars...right?</p>
<p>how are national hispanic scholars chosen?</p>
<p>University of Alabama</p>
<p>The University of Alabama full rise is extremely competitive! You had better be an extremely well rounded person with very high scores if you are going for it. With a National Hispanic Scholarship it’s my understanding that you will get offers from universities completely unsolicited (because of the CD that College Board sends out). The Alabama full ride is something you have to compete for. </p>
<p>What these universities are looking for when they offer those types of scholarships is for students that are going to come into a classroom, and be a kind of help to others in their ideas, and abilities, as they participate in the classroom. They are looking for the best and brightest to kind of better the whole environment.</p>
<p>There is at least one other thread on this topic, maybe more. I suggest doing a search for Hispanic to find all the threads, to get complete info that you might miss otherwise.</p>