Native Americans and College Acceptance

ucbalumnus
Sat, 16 Apr 2016 23:16:20 +0000

In many or most cases, being considered Native American is based on tribal enrollment or registration, so being enrolled or registered with your tribe according to its rules for such is something you can look into, if you do not already have that.

California publics (UCs and CSUs) do not consider race or ethnicity.

Note that UCs emphasize GPA much more than test scores. You can get an idea of admission rates for each campus associated with GPA ranges at http://www.universityofcalifornia.edu/infocenter/freshman-admissions-summary (click “Freshman Admit Rate”, “HS GPA”, and select a campus). However, if you apply to popular majors or divisions (e.g. engineering or CS), it may be more difficult to gain admission. Do not assume that a much higher SAT or ACT score than the range given for the campus will make it that much easier to be admitted.

Each school has a net price calculator so that you can see whether financial aid that school is likely to make it realistically affordable.

If you are looking for a small liberal arts college, University of Minnesota - Morris has free tuition for Native American students: http://onestop.morris.umn.edu/aid/scholarshipswaivers/americanindiantuition/

Other potential scholarships:
http://automaticfulltuition.yolasite.com/
http://competitivefulltuition.yolasite.com/
http://nmfscholarships.yolasite.com/ (11th grade PSAT is the qualifier)