<p>Sunnyone-I will try to answer your questions as best as I can:</p>
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<li><p>What triggers an invitation to a diversity fly-in is best answered by the college. Some invitations may be due to NHRP; others may be because of a self-reported gpa. I don’t know specifically but in the 4 years or so I have been involved in college admissions it really can vary. I know years ago my son received one for Cornell while another Latino student at his high school with better grades did not. The major the student wants to study and the activities they are involved with may be another factor. </p></li>
<li><p>I think that it could not hurt to inquire about diversity fly-ins with the respective college. You just want to be polite about it and not demanding. A simple "My DS is really interested in your college and is a National Hispanic Scholar. Do you have any multi-cultural hosted weekends or fly-in programs? How does one get invited to them? is the extent I would go for an inquiry. </p></li>
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<p>I will say this- at the college my son attends he was not originally invited to his school’s diversity fly-in. I noticed the program in a newsletter from the colleges Office of Minority Affairs. I called and they had me send his test scores and transcript. They called back and apologized saying he must have fallen through the cracks. They sent him out an invitation and paid for his trip entirely and in fact offered to pay for a second visit after he had been admitted. </p>
<p>Vanderbilt has Mosaic which is invite only after you receive a likely letter or admission to the school. MIT has invited WISE. I don’t know about the other schools. Check the list put out by [Get</a> Me To College - Your College Preparation Information Portal](<a href=“http://www.getmetocollege.org%5DGet”>http://www.getmetocollege.org) to see if they are listed. </p>
<p>My dd also received one to Missouri Science and Tech which I suspect she received because she wants to be an engineer. </p>
<p>2.There is no application form for NHRP-it is simply a verification form. My DD’s counselor and school are excellent and I have a meeting with her on Thursday. I will ask her when she expects to get the verification form. </p>
<p>Do not stress out too much about diversity fly-ins. There are different criteria for each one. My son attended two of them but got many more invites than just those two. He wasn’t interested in those other schools so he didn’t attend. </p>
<p>What surprised me most about the Bates invite is that was for juniors during their junior year. I don’t recall getting any previous junior ones for my son. </p>
<p>Finally just to let you know; many of the schools you listed had the lowest acceptance rate ever this year. Be sure your son has many “loves” on his list that are more attainable. </p>
<p>Good luck and please post any invites your son may receive.</p>