itsv

As promised I am sharing my labor on the colleges that offer money for National Hispanic Scholars from the National Hispanic Recognition Program of the CollegeBoard. Be sure to read my note at the end to make sure you understand my listing. Since I have to do other mom chores too, I'll be listing my findings in separate parts of his thread due to time constraints.

School/Amount offered

University of Alabama:Full tution and housing, laptop computer, $2000 for study abroad and $1000 a year for books etc.

Andrews University:$2000 a year

University of Arizona: $15K instate or $25K out of state per year

Arizona State University: $60K for instate for 4 years or $92K for out of state for 4 years

University of Arkansa at Little Rock:$12,500 per year

Auburn University (the most generous offer):full tuition and housing, $1500 for technology needs, auto admission to Honor College, $4000 for study abroad or research, $1K to $2K per year for misc. expenses

Austin College:$2K per year and another college scholarship to be based on major.

Bethel College: $6K and consideration of trustee scholarship program(full tution)

Birminingham-Southern College: full tuition (but limit on number award so get apps in early).

Bowling Green: $8K per year.

Boston University: half-tuition

Carelton College: $2K per year

Colorado State University: $9K per year for 4 years

University of Evansville: 75% tuition

okay I have to run but will continuing posting other schools when i get a chance. I have some caveats about the above awards but if you do your own research you will see them. I just don't have the time to post now.

itsv

My research information continues:

Florida A&M University: two types, life gets better scholarship-tuition, fees, room and board, books, laptop, internships and $500 stipend. distinguished scholars: tuition and fees (instate and out of state) and room and board (instate only).

Fordham University: full tuition (but award could be reduced if aid received from other sources.

George Washington University: Presidential Academic Scholarship (don't list amount)

Georgia State University: will receive a certain type of merit scholarship plus special housing and honors college program.

Indiana University: $4K total for 4 years ($1k per year).

University of Iowa: $3k per year for 4 years

Iowa State University: full-tuition or other type of scholarship amount.

Johns Hopkins University: $1500

University of Kansas: $10k per year for 4 years

Kenyon College: up to $15k per year if have not also gotten the Knox Academic Scholarship

LSU: tuition and registration fees

Macalester College: $5K

University of Memphis: Need to call but believe its $9k per year plus laptop, study abroad stipend of $2K, other stipends.

Miami University (Ohio): $10K per year for 4 years.

Mississippi State University: instate $5,500 per year for 4 years and OSS full tuition incl. out of state difference.

Okay I have to run again but will keep posting.

Youdon'tsay

I'll wait to see whether you post the ones I know, which are later in the alphabet.

monroylobo

I would like to point out that the Alabama scholarship has a stipulation of a 32 on the ACT or a 1400 on the SAT. I thought the requirement was outlandish because the ACT requirement for the same scholarship without NHRPS is 33 so it just gets you one point. Anyways, I agree that Auburn's is by far the most generous I've seen. They also gave me a backpack and a lot of personal attention. They are really anxious to get hispanic students. You can combine that with their provost scholarship for minority students and you can possibly get up to a 6,000 stipend besides the tuition, housing, laptop, honor's college, and a research stipend.

itsv

Posting of my research part 3:

University of Nebraska: full tuition plus $2K renewable for up to 4 years, membership in Academy of National Hispanic Scholars and attendance at special seminar focused on NHscholars.

New College of Florida: $17,500 per year for 4 years.

University of New Mexico: $13,215 per year

New Mexico State University: full tuition per year and stipend of $1K per semester per year renewable and membership in Honor College, special research opportunities and Crimson Scholar status.

University of North Florida: $5K per year for 4 years.

Ohio State University: Full in-state tuition and award may be combined with Buckeye Scholarship which is $7200 per year for 4 years for OOS students who score above a certain number on SAT or ACT.

Oklahoma State University:$5500 cash scholarship per year for 4 years to be used for housing, fees, books etc plus $19,700(in-state) or $71,475 (OOS) for tuition scholarship.

University of Pueget Sound:eligible for specific scholarships at the university by virtue of being named a National Hispanic Scholar

University of Richmond: annual awards between $750 to $2K annually for 4 years.

University of Rochester: awarded anywhere from $2K to full tuition.

St. Olaf College: $7500 per year for 4 years.

University of Saint Thomas: $1k to $2K

Samford University: award of a national merit scholarship

University of South Carolina: Lieber Scholarship $6K annually for 4 years.

University of Southern California: presidential scholarship of 50% tuition (confirmed via telephone call to admissions)

University of Southern Florida: full tuition for 4 years

Southwestern University: $2K per year

University of Texas (Dallas and Austin): Academic Excellence Scholarship

This post is getting long so I'll make it an additional post.

itsv

Texas A&M: $12K spread over 4 years. May also receive a separate $2K scholarship and an additional $10k/$12K scholarship.

Texas Christian University: $2K per year for 4 years.

Texas State University: $2k per year for 4 years.

Trinity College: $2k per year for 4 years

Union University: scholarships for National Hispanic Scholars

Westminister College (Salt Lake City): full tuition scholarship

Williamette College: Could be up to $15000 a year for 4 years

WPI/Worcester Polytechnical Institute: $17,000 per year for 4 years

University of Conn.: scholarship award to Conn. resident students.

itsv

Here are a few more. I haven't finished my research but feel at least there are some good options on the list. I will post my various caveats when I have a chance. Today is a bit busy.

Rochester Institute of Technology:Combined RIT Presidential and Merit Scholarships totaling $15,000 or more per year

Alma College:The combination of the Distinguished Scholar Award and the State of Michigan grants for which a National Merit, National Achievement, or National Hispanic Scholarship Finalist qualifies for will equal full tuition at Alma College. Additionally, the first fifteen National Merit, Achievement or Hispanic Scholarships Finalists to commit to Alma College will receive full tuition, room and board.

Youdon'tsay

OK, let me add UTulsa: $23.5K

monroylobo, so you ended up not going to Auburn? Looks like you're headed to Dartmouth?

Anyone out there go to Auburn or Alabama? They're not on ds's list, but maybe they should be.

SamK

Here are a few more entries from an older thread. I just googled them and they still appear to be valid:

Ball State University - Full ride

U of Central Florida - Pegasus Scholarship, terms unknown

Knox College - Up to $15K

Florida State University - "The Office of Admissions offers a limited number of scholarships to National Merit Finalists, National Achievement Finalists, and National Hispanic Scholars. Please contact our office for more information."

Hendrix College - $1K

U of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign - Full tuition

Wheaton College (Illinois) - About $2K

Whitman College - $1K + $2-$35K (merit + need)

silverturtle

I'm not sure if that U of I thing is true. I know they don't give full tuition scholarships for National Merit Semifinalists, so I question whether they give them for Hispanic Scholars.

I think being a National Hispanic Scholar makes you eligible for consideration for the tuition scholarship, but they only give 30 out a year.

Txsparky

ITSV - Do you know if University of Oklahoma does anything? I can't find it anywhere and the guy I called and left message with never called me back

itsv

With respect to Okalhoma, I found the following: If you go to prospective student page, there is a listing for national merit scholars program. Click on it and you will find a lot of info. On the right side of the national merit scholars program, they will list staff, I suggest you call that staff and ask your question. There is also a link (see below) for requesting a packet of info for national merit scholars program.

Request Information Packet: National Merit: OU Prospective Students

This link is from 2006 and includes an "application" for consideration of the National Scholars Program at Oklahoma. If you look at it you will see that it has national hispanic scholar listed as one of the awards eligible for a great scholarship.
AISD Scholarships: The University of Oklahoma National Award Scholarship

Now I don't know if Oklahoma still offers it but call the people referenced above and use that document in your talk with them.

In my research I found that admissions offices would tell me that a National Hispanic Scholar would get the same thing as a National Merit Finalist so even if National Hispanic Scholar is not listed for a merit scholarship, always be sure to make that phone call.
Hope this helps, just be persistent.

itsv

I confused Kenyon and Knox College as listed above. For Kenyon College the relevant language states:These are the most competitive and valued merit scholarships offered at Kenyon. They range in size, with the largest award covering approximately half the comprehensive cost of a year at Kenyon. While there are no specific grade point averages or scores that recipients must obtain to be considered for these scholarships, recipients are often at or near the top of their class and have received other selective scholarships or talent recognition programs, such as National Merit Scholarships, National Achievement Scholarships Program, National Hispanic Scholarship.

Knox College is up to $15K if student as not been awarded other type of Knox merit scholarship.

Sorry for the confusion, I was trying to do two things at once.

monroylobo

Yeah. I am going to Dartmouth. There was basically no way that Auburn could convince me to go there in light of the other schools that accepted me.

APOL

itsv--I want to personally thank you for this post. I recently moved to a new home/city, and plan to volunteer at local ps to help seniors apply to college. There is a large % of hispanics in the community who will truly benefit from your kindness. APOL-a mom