What are the SAT or ACT scores and what is the GPA? That is what most merit awards are based.
All students with a certain SAT/ACT and a certain GPA receive very generous merit awards from University of Alabama. Automatic. All students meeting the bar get this award. I’m guessing that this might exceed 25% of their applicant pool.
@mom2collegekids can you answer this?
But in most cases “competitive merit awards” are given to the tippy top of the applicant pool…maybe the top 5-10% at the most.