<p>Are there any scholarships/grants available to first year students for the 2nd semester of freshmen year or later years? This is excluding any financial aid programs. I'm looking for merit-based scholarship programs.</p>
<p>"Currently enrolled students are not eligible for merit scholarship consideration."</p>
<p>Duke</a> Financial Aid | Merit Scholarships</p>
<p>Merit scholarships are ONLY given to incoming freshman.</p>
<p>There are however, other scholarships available such as the Barry M. Goldwater scholarship, probably not to freshmen though. You might need to wait a year or two. Try check on scholarship aggregate websites which compile lists of external scholarships. Fastweb is a decent one.</p>