Youdon'tsay

School's out Tuesday.

entomom

Have your S go to their GC tomorrow. Show them the NHRP website and tell them what the PSAT cutoff is for your Region. Ask the GC to call or email NHRP immediately and tell them that they believe they have a student that qualifies but that they haven't received forms and school is closing for the summer.

HS staff often work a few days after classes finish, so hopefully they can take care of this now. If not, there really is time in the fall (sounds like your HS starts early?)

Youdon'tsay

This is what it says on the website:

"When are schools and students notified?
"Counselors are notified in early May of any students who are being considered from their high school. They are asked to verify each student's cumulative GPA and ethnicity. In late August of the student's senior year, a formal letter of congratulations is sent to each recipient. A certificate is sent your counselor for presentation."

I called CB. The woman basically said that it's no big deal because students aren't supposed to be notified until September. I don't want to **** off the counselor by bugging her. I might be an idiot, but I'm going to trust that it'll be OK.

entomom

It'll be fine in the fall.

newfavourite

Okay, I'm kind of worried.

I received a score of 206 on the PSAT, but I haven't heard from my counselor about NHRP. I received a letter earlier this spring about National Merit and my advancement in terms of that award, but I haven't heard from my GC about this. However, the main reason I am worried is that my school mixed up my ethnicity once before, and I'm afraid that my GC didn't fix it. Should I call my school and ask, or should I just wait until the fall?

My school has been out for about 3 weeks.

entomom

Wait until the fall.

When school starts up immediately talk to your GC about your designated ethnicity. If there's a problem have a parent call them up.

Then have the GC call or email NHRP and have them send the forms. Your GC will confirm your ethnicity and your gpa, I think you need to sign too. Your GC should return the information immediately and you should be able to receive the recognition. Every year we have students apply and receive NHRP in the fall.

newfavourite

Okay thank you!

bublubu

S went to see guidance counselor to have form filled out and faxed to CB NHRP rep. Now we wait!

entomom

Good luck, let us know how it goes!

joseph41373

According to College Board, certificates will be sent out in September. In many cases, students have already been verified by the school.

entomom

^True.

However, every year there are students who qualify but for one reason or another have been overlooked in the spring. They get their HS GCs to notify NHRP as soon as school starts in the fall and receive recognition.

joseph41373

You can actually call the college board and ask if a) you are on the list and b) have been verified by the school. If you have hit the minimum score and are not on the list, than it's an issue that has to be resolved.

If you're on the list and have not been verified, then it's probably a school admin issue. The college board can also tell you who at the school received the info.

Interestingly, at our school, the list of students isn't sent to the counselors but to the school administration who then responds to the college board

jprtaco

I was told by Collegeboard that I made it, but my school has not verified yet. What is the advantage to this? Collegeboard sends out the names of those who qualify to various colleges? Potential scholarships? I contacted my guidance counselor, but she hasn't responded.

entomom

Yes, that's what I was saying in my earlier post, that even if you were not on the original list of students who marked Hispanic on their PSAT, you can still call up NHRP and be verified if your score and gpa make the cutoff and you meet the NHRP definition of Hispanic. Many students don't mark Hispanic for various reasons; for instance, it's optional and they don't know about the program, they don't fully understand the definition of Hispanic and don't think/have been told they aren't Hispanic, etc. We have had several on this forum who resolved this problem early in the fall and received NHRP recognition.

Yes, many schools have administrative difficulty with the verification part. Even though D1 went through the process, D2 had to follow up several times as the person dedicated to college admissions did not get the paperwork.

I'm not exactly sure what you mean by this, but I'm assuming it's that your PSAT score made the cutoff for your Region. If that's the case, your HS GC has to fill out a form that states that given the NHRP guidelines that you are Hispanic and report your gpa. This needs to happen before you are recognized.

This is an award/recognition that can go on your college app, you get on the radar of the colleges that participate, many schools offer scholarships (there are no scholarships directly from the CB for NHRP). For scholarships, go to the Resources sticky thread at the top of the page and look at the first thread under Scholarships.

Be sure to contact your GC as soon as school starts if you don't get ahold of them this summer.

ryry123

I received my status as a scholar today . My counselor showed me the certificate while I was at school taking care of some pre-class business. She had me sign the verification in June right before school let out.

Does anybody know what their process is for notifying colleges about award recipients or which schools are included?