<p>As others have stated, it is unlikely that your college will give you merit money once you are enrolled. Most of the scholarships, particularly the larger ones are used for recruitment purposes for freshman year.</p>
<p>However, there are sometimes some upper class awards. My son has gotten some departmental awards for excellence, but they are not substantial. Like under $1000. Some departments may want to encourage students to continue in a discipline. All of these things are individual so you have to check it out department by department. Also, it is possible that there are merit awards for excellence for upper classmen. I am not going to rule it out. Again, that is something that is very dependent on your individual school, and you have to ask.</p>