<p>We are in CA and my son is a semifinalist with a score of 223. We just got confirmation from his guidance counselor. So that’s one more piece of anecdotal info about CA to add to post 1996 (they qualified in CA with a 222) in advance of the official announcement.</p>
<p>@mesdeuxgarcons Yay! 223 in CA too. Congrats to you too. </p>
<p>ahhhh so I guess I just missed the cut in California… I guess someone had to be on the borderline :/</p>
<p>@illinoisan A quick search of just a few of the colleges that offer NMF scholarships led me to National Hispanic Recognition Scholarships as well - some sizable. University of South Florida, Mississippi State, UT- Dallas, and University of New Mexico to name a few. Florida International University offers tuition, room and board. It’s NOT just a certificate! </p>
<p>We are in Iowa and my son with a score of 213 is a semifinalist.</p>
<p>The VA cutoff better be lowered to 218…</p>
<p>omg is this CA cutoff of 222 for real?? what is the latest date one is supposed to have received a letter by if a semifinalist?
i’m so disappointed with my 221 … :(… but happy for everyone that did pass!</p>
<p>@binatang, you can call NMSC directly on Wed 9/10 to ask if your name is on the list of NMSFs. NMSC opens at 8:30AM Central Time, I believe. While I realize it doesn’t look very hopeful right now, you will know in just about one day - and 221 is an excellent score. Have you taken the SAT yet? With a 221 PSAT as a Jr, I bet your SAT score is outstanding and will probably open a lot of doors for you. I’m hanging on here with you until you know for sure, either way. Please post your outcome, OK?</p>
<p>Our school principal has not announced it either in Florida. :(</p>
<p>@goaskdad alright thanks! I’ll definitely do that. it’s possible that not what everyone posts here is true thought it seems like people are pretty honest, so I’m pretty disappointed. From asking some of my friends who were semifinalists last year, our school releases information a little late, so I hope that that’s the case. Yes, I’ve taken the SAT, with a score of 2260. I was planning to try a second time but decided that it wasn’t going to be worth the effort. I’m very content and confident in other areas, but I was just really hoping to become a semifinalist. My school posts a list of semifinalists in early October on the school website for everyone to see, and since I’m ranked #1 in my class I would just feel a bit embarrassed for not making it, though I guess my feelings are bit immature. 
Thank you for your constant encouragement and nice words, GoAskDad! also for some reason I haven’t received my AP scholar award in the mail yet even though my friends have, so maybe there’s something off with my mail (… sliver of hope) </p>
<p>@binatang, I am sorry if CA cutoff did not drop to 221 (it looks like it did not). You should be able to verify for sure whether you qualified or not Wednesday, because a list of all semi-finalists is to be released by the NMSC then. I’m sure you’ve read here that NMSF status is valuable if you are looking at certain schools that provide scholarships based on NMSF status and is always a nice feather in the cap, but the vast majority of schools weigh factors other than qualifying for NMSF more heavily when making admissions and scholarship decisions. Good luck!</p>
<p>@Illinoisan…Ummm…what’s with the hostility? You seemed to think that NM was somehow biased against URMs so I simply pointed out some programs that are URM specific. No reason to attack me or anyone else trying to provide info. </p>
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<p>Indeed! Some other colleges offering same/similar large scholarships for NHRP are South Carolina, Fordham, Evansville, … No doubt there are more.</p>
<p>2 children - one class of 2014, one class of 2015. Received the AP award for one (10 days ago) and haven’t received the AP award for the other. Called College Board/AP and was told ‘we only started sending them out a few days ago.’ I explained about the 2 kids and the 10 days ago thing (this was last week, thursday, I think), and the person repeated the same line. I gave up, but will call again by the end of the week if still haven’t received it for other child.
FYI: S1 (total 3 kids) gave his SS# with his Junior AP exams and didn’t give it with his Senior AP exams, so AP considered him two different people. Had to call them in September, 4 years ago and have the ‘accounts’ merged, so he would get his award (yes, too late to make any impact).</p>
<p>To the previous poster whose daughter or son scored above every State’s cutoff number on her/his PSAT, congratulations that is an incredible accomplishment and I anticipate you have all AP5s and an SAT score of 2400 in your present/future as well! I suspect that there are many, many students from States with low cutoff threshold – like your child – who scored far, far above every single State’s cutoff. And you are correct, my daughter should have worked much harder to avoid missing the California cutoff this year by one point, bad girl!</p>
<p>Now as for the National Hispanic Recognition Program. The State of California has more Hispanics/Latinos, in both sheer numbers and as a percentage of the total population, than any other State in the Union. It also has the highest numbers and percentage of foreign-born and/or first-generation Hispanics, which generally tend to be poorer. It also consistently has one of the 3-4 highest NMSF cutoffs in the nation. </p>
<p>There have been many studies (read the Fair Test site) that demonstrate that, on average, Latino students as a group perform lower on standardized tests than most other demographic groups – particularly at the lower end of the socio-economic scale. So the NMSF cutoff is the most stringent or difficult in precisely that State that has the most at-risk or low-income Latino students in the country. We are basically barring an entire group which could most benefit from NMSF/NMF scholarship money.</p>
<p>I recognize that some of the second- or third-tier State Colleges, or lower-ranked Colleges within a State give some scholarship money through the NHRP, but why shouldn’t Latino students have the same opportunity to attend the State flagship Colleges and Universities on scholarship, just like the NMSF/NMF students do? I suppose some people may take the attitude that it is okay to relegate our URMs from the lower end of the socio-economic scale to third-tier neighborhoods and public schools, so why not give them scholarships to the less prestigious colleges as well.</p>
<p>I do not know what the answer to my question is, but I do think that we should consider a different cutoff for URMs (from lower-income backgrounds) as we already do for students from more rural States and poorer States. I told everyone that I was a Liberal. And truly, please do not take offense with my pushiness, I know that I can come across as strident sometimes, but I mean no harm. </p>
<p>Congratulations to all the NMSF and their families, and to every other student out there in this amazing Class of 2015!</p>
<p>Son was told by his GC last week that he is NMSF. GC told son cutoff was 215 for MN this year in case anyone is wondering for MN.</p>
<p>@MomMe32…Congrats to your S!! I know there were some folks earlier in the thread that were looking for MN info, so your update will probably be welcome news to them!! 
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<p>@Illinoisan…Wow. [-X </p>
<p>MN cut-off 215?? It is same as last year’s cut-off. 8-| </p>
<p>Updated with MN cutoff, courtesy of @MomMe32 </p>
<p>States that still need to be finalized:
AK, AZ, AR, CA, CO, CT, DE, GA, HI, ID, IA,
ME, MA, MI, MS, MO, MT, NE, NH, NJ, NM, NY, NC, ND, OK, OR, PA, RI, SC, SD, TN, UT, VT, VA, WA, WV, WI, WY</p>
<p>AL<= 208, post 1963 (school notification), -3 from last year
AK=?
AZ=(<= 213, post 2045 school counselor)
AR=?
CA=(<= 222, post 1996, e-mail from school)
CO=(<= 218, post 1510 HSL)
CT<= 220 (post 1947)
DE=?
DC= 224, post 2457, GC
FL= 211, post 1916, school admin., -3
GA =( 213<= GA <=215, post 1778, info from counselor, friends)
HI=(<=215, post 1873, Dean of Academics)
ID=(<=211, post 2058, student report, unknown communication)
IL=215 (post 2077, per high school admin) -1 from last year
IN= 212, post 1700 (per GC of friend) -3 from last year
IA=(<= 229, post 1792, notified by high school)
KS= 213, post1733, told by principal, -3 from last year
KY= 210, post 1406 (per high school with many qualifiers) -1 from last year
LA= 208, post 1803, 1856, told by principal
ME=?
MD=221 (posts 2114, 2163, 220 didn’t make it, 221 did) -2 from last year
MA=(<=223, post 2283, GC)
MI= (<= 211, posts 2388, GC)
MN= 215, post 2575, GC
MS=(<=210, post 2041, school?)
MO=(<=212, post 1937, school)
MT=?
NE=(<=209, post 2346, school)
NV=208 (post 2088/2089, told by GC) -4 from last year
NH=?
NJ=?
NM=(<=212, posts 2117,2142, official letter from school)
NY=(<= 218, post 1669, school)
NC=(<= 215, post 1988, informed by GC)
ND=?
OH=213, post 1756, told by principal, -2 from last year
OK=(<= 210, post 1796, student qualified, unknown communication)
OR= (<=222, post 1619, college counselor)
PA (<= 216, post 2003, principal notification) -1 from last year
RI=?
SC=(<= 213, post 1525, school emailed student)
SD=?
TN= (<=212, post 1809, son’s friend)
TX=218, post 1807, high school counselor, -1 from last year
UT=(<=211, post 1983, principal and GC)
VT=(<=224, post 1819, unknown)
VA (<= 219, post 2509, school)
WA= (<= 218, post 2157, student reportedly made it with that score)
WV=?
WI= (<=209, post 2207, GC/friends)
WY=?</p>
<p>SE Boarding Schools <= 218, school counselor</p>
<p>Commended (national cutoff) = 201</p>
<p>Crossing my fingers that the VA cutoff score is indeed 219! I am one point below last year’s cutoff score, so a drop of 3 points to 219 would definitely be beneficial for me :3</p>