Has anyone heard from National Hispanic Scholar Yet?

itsv
Wed, 13 May 2009 15:47:02 +0000

NHRP is a two part program. First your name is given to colleges to alert them of your status as a National Hispanic Scholar. As others have mentioned, many colleges actively go after those students. Second, many schools treat National HIspanic Scholars similar to National Merit Finalists and award them anywhere from $1000 to full-tuition scholarships. According to my son’s college counselor, there is no central listing of colleges who offer scholarships. A search on CC as well as google indicates that Universities of Kansas, Arizona, Indiana, Illinois, Baylor, Ohio State, Knox College offer very good scholarships to National Hispanic Scholars

Here in California for the class of 2010 you had to have a 183 on the PSAT (which is much lower than in previous years). If you have a gpa of 3.5 you are listed as a scholar and a gpa btw 3.0 and 3.5 lists you as Honorable Mention.

So if you qualify, do the research to see if there are schools out there who will give you the money to go to a college you might otherwise not think of in the mix. My DS has now added Ohio State to his list which also gives a National Buckeye Scholarship to out of state students with a SAT score of 1220 (1600 scale) of $7200. This award can be combined with the NHS award.