@jdhMom So far my son has received the email from Penn State, a congratulations letter and offer of scholarship from Texas A&M (if admitted), and a congratulations letter and offer of scholarship from University of Nebraska-Lincoln (if admitted).
I can imagine it helps with admissions at certain schools.
@txazparent That’s wonderful! Congrats!
Same here, Texas A&M and Nebraska-Lincoln, offer of scholarship if admitted.
Kentucky, like Nebraska will give a full tuition scholarship to NHRP scholars… ASU and South Carolina also give big merit aid awards for it.
Does test scores matter as much as NHRP for scholarship level? Or is it a combination of the two?
The NHRP scholarships I have seen do not mention any minimum levels of GPA or SAT/ACT scores, or different amounts of scholarship per GPA/SAT/ACT.
There are other merit awards definitely based on scores, but they are not linked to NHRP
@SaguaroMom That depends. Some schools will pretty much give a full tuition scholarship to NHRP scholars regardless of their test scores (e.g. Kentucky, Nebraska, Arizona State University - ASU, South Carolina, etc). On the other hand some schools will give merit scholarships mostly based on GPA and test scores and will not care that much about NHRP status.
So a NHRP student with somewhat low test scores should apply to schools that give scholarships based on NHRP status alone. A NHRP student with a high GPA and high test scores should also apply to schools that give scholarships mostly based on GPA and test scores (e.g. University of Arizona, most Alabama schools, etc)
See also http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/national-merit-scholarships/2158219-2020-nhrp-scholarships.html and http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/national-merit-scholarships/2157623-national-hispanic-recognition-program-class-of-2020.html
Interesting. My son hasn’t received emails from any of those schools. Great to learn about the scholarship options. We will have to do some research.
I need to correct a few things in my earlier post: I see that Nebraska now requires a 28 ACT (which I believe is equivalent to a 1300 SAT). There might be other cutoffs at the other schools. That should not be a problem in practice for NHRP recipients but is something that should be mentioned nonetheless. On the other hand the Alabama schools do not actually seem to care about GPA and test scores for NHRP recipients.
So the only school that clearly weights GPA and SAT scores more than NHRP is University of Arizona (where most of the scholarship amount is calculated based on GPA and SAT scores and a small amount is added on top of that for NHRP recipients).
Also some schools offer “up to” scholarships to NHRP recipients (e.g. Boston University, Northeastern). Those offers are pretty much a scam.
@jdhMom Your son will probably start receiving mailings targeting NHRP recipients in the second half of October (i.e. starting about a week from now). Schools need some time to generate and mail them now that they have gotten the list of recipients from the College Board.
Thanks @NJEngineerDad . My daughter’s ACT score is a 33 and she doesn’t want to apply to schools that she really has no shot at getting into, but wants to also capitalize on NHRP. At this point she is leaning heavily toward ASU.
@SaguaroMom What does your daughter want to study? My son started ASU (Barrett) in August and he is very happy… (and us too)
@NJEngineerDad she wants to double major in Supply Chain Management and Sustainability. I should mention her older brother is a junior at ASU, also in Barrett. We live 15 miles from campus, and she is a little hesitant about staying local, even though she will live on campus.
@SaguaroMom Sounds like a good plan! ASU is quite strong in Supply Chain Management and Sustainability. Staying local might be less fun but it will save you money. She can always apply to other schools to see what she gets but it will be hard to beat ASU.
Thank you, the chancellors scholarship indeed has a 28 ACT minimum requirement.
@NJEngineerDad do you know when ASU will receive the NHR designation and offer the national scholars scholarship in place of the President’s Scholarship?
@SaguaroMom My son applied to ASU and then Barrett only after receiving a letter from ASU last year congratulating him on being a NHRP recipient. The letter was dated middle of October. He was admitted at Barrett early November, and the national scholarship was offered right away (as expected). You probably will receive such letter very soon (and get the offer for the right scholarship)…
@NJEngineerDad ok thanks, I called the scholaship office and they were insisting that my daughter has to contact NHM and tell them ASU is her number 1 choice and I told them that they were confusing this with NM. They basically told me I was wrong and to contact NHM. I guess we will wait it out and hope she gets a letter.
Our son received a letter from ASU today encouraging him to visit and apply to the Barrett Honors College, offering the ASU National Scholar award, the “equivalent of non-resident tuition.” They also included an offer to reimburse up to $200 in flight costs for visiting.
Our son received a letter from ASU today encouraging him to visit and apply to the Barrett Honors College, offering the ASU National Scholar award, the “equivalent of non-resident tuition.” They also included an offer to reimburse up to $200 in flight costs for visiting.