<P> National Hispanic Recognition Program (NHRP) was initiated in 1983, by the College Board, to identify outstanding Hispanic high school students and to share information about these academically well - prepared students with subscribing colleges and universities . </P> <P> In order to be eligible, students must be at least one - quarter Hispanic . Each year the NHRP identifies approximately 5,000 of the highest scoring students from a nationwide total of 250,000 high school juniors who took the PSAT / NMSQT and designated themselves as Hispanic as well as approximately 200 of the top scoring PAA students from Puerto Rico . The nationwide selection also includes students from Puerto Rico, U.S. Virgin Islands, Guam, and U.S. citizens attending international and APO schools . </P> <P> Although the College Board is not able to provide a monetary award to these students, an important component of the program is the CD - ROM distributed to subscribing four - year postsecondary institutions . This CD - ROM lists the names of all students selected in the program and is mailed in September to these subscribing colleges and universities . Being listed as a National Hispanic Scholar may give students an opportunity to hear from colleges that are particularly interested in communicating with prospective students of Hispanic heritage . </P> <P> Qualification for recognition is based on the student's combined verbal, math, and writing skill scores on the PSAT / NMSQT taken in the student's junior year of high school . PSAT score cut - offs vary each year by state, but typically range in the high 180s / low 190s . Students must also self - identify as Hispanic on the PSAT / NMSQT . A minimum grade point average is established for the program and this academic information is requested directly from the high schools . </P>

Minimum psat score for national hispanic recognition program