<p>Wash U does have quite a few merit scholarships to apply for, but those are suuuupppppeeeerr competitive.</p>
<p>Yes…and they seem to be very targeted awards…to URMs, hooked students, and/or students from unusual regions of the country. WashU uses their targetted merit to get certain students on campus to “fill” certain needs of their own. That’s not a criticism…schools do give merit to help the school fill it’s diversity needs, desire to have kids from every state, etc.</p>