<p>I will defer to our members from CA to comment on the CA publics. </p>
<p>Questbridge is an admissions and scholarship program for low income students, but unfortunately, the application period for current senior has passed. </p>
<p>NHRP is the National Hispanic Recognition Program, it is an honor that is based on PSAT score, gpa and Hispanic background. While no merit scholarships are available directly through NHRP, many schools offer institutional scholarships for NHRP scholars. Most scholars have been already been notified; there are links to threads about this program on the Resources sticky thread.</p>
<p>Have you checked WUE schools?:</p>
<p>[Western</a> Undergraduate Exchange (WUE) | Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education](<a href=“http://wiche.edu/wue]Western”>http://wiche.edu/wue)</p>
<p>OOS publics that have agreements with CA will generally cost about 1.5x what it costs IS students for tuition. If a college is listed, you MUST go to their website and confirm that they have an agreement with CA and determine how their WUE policy works–while some automatically take students, others only take students in certain majors, and some work more like a scholarship program and are very competitive. Some of these colleges may have merit opportunities beyond WUE.</p>