<p>Your jr year PSAT is the only one that counts for NM & NHRP. A 188 won’t make NM, but may qualify for NHRP depending on what part of the country you live in, see post #19 for last year’s cut offs, they change relatively little from year to year:</p>
<p><a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/hispanic-students/915179-nhrp-state-cutoff-scores-class-2011-a-2.html?highlight=cutoffs[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/hispanic-students/915179-nhrp-state-cutoff-scores-class-2011-a-2.html?highlight=cutoffs</a></p>
<p>FA appeals are possible, but not something that you should count on. And whether or not a college will give you more FA due to your situation can depend on both the size of the endowment of the college, and how much they want you to attend.</p>
<p>I’m not sure I understand, are you planning to apply to schools next fall and when you’ve been accepted, delay your start and take a gap year, or are you planning to delay applying to colleges until a year from next fall? While both can work, I tend to like the former because it can easier to apply when you’re in HS along with everyone else in your class, and because you know where you’ll be attending after your gap year.</p>