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<p>Depending on the school, and the scholarship, your son may need to write some specific scholarship applications for merit aid. Fall semester can get very busy, so if your son has not done so, he should look carefully at the procedures for applying for merit awards at the schools he might be interested in and get started on the essays.</p>
<p>There aren’t too many other ways to “drum up” merit aid that is awarded by schools.</p>