NM vs National Hispanic

Paying for College Financial Aid (Need-Based, Merit Aid, Loans)
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<p>It doesn’t have anything to do with what ‘they’ think, but rather what the data is:</p>

<p><a href=“http://media.collegeboard.com/digitalServices/pdf/SAT-Percentile-Ranks-by-Gender-Ethnicity-2011.pdf[/url]”>http://media.collegeboard.com/digitalServices/pdf/SAT-Percentile-Ranks-by-Gender-Ethnicity-2011.pdf&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>On the whole Hispanics score lower on standardized testing, thus the lower threshold for NHRP. There are social, economic, and other factors that together account for this disparity.</p>

<p>Congrats on NMF and NHRP! If you want info on scholarships for the latter, there’s an excellent thread on the Hispanic Students forum (under College Admissions, Specialty Topics).</p>