<p>I keep reading about merit scholarship $ and Scholarship Day that just occurred down at Chapel Hill, and was wondering if UVA had other merit scholarship $ available besides the Jefferson Scholarship. It seems like if UVA is to compete for the top students they'd have to have other programs available. Or maybe not?</p>
<p>Haha, UNC is kind of unique in the crazy amount of scholarship $ it gives out</p>
<p>Nope. There's not much of an effort currently to attract top students. Most student recruitment efforts seem to focus on the economically disadvantaged.</p>
<p>Do the Echols Scholars get any merit $?</p>
<p>No. Echols Scholars don't really get anything besides a neat-o title on their transcripts.</p>
<p>There are some</a> very specific scholarships administered by the Alumni Association, but the money the school has (the Alumni Association is a separate foundation) is going to need based aid.</p>