Does paying Enrollment deposit help/hurt/have no effect on merit scholarship chances?

Accepted into Plan II and Dean’s Scholars, offered partial merit scholarship (PII) already, waiting on possible additional merit scholarship (DS and/or Presidential/school), while also waiting to compare to possible bigger scholarships at 2 other schools. Preference is UT, but finances are critical.

My question is this: does anyone have any insight to whether paying the Enrollment deposit and appearing to have accepted the admittance has any effect on your chances to be offered additional merit scholarships, good or bad?