merit scholarship
Achievement-based tuition reduction
A merit scholarship is financial aid awarded based on academic achievement, athletic ability, artistic talent, or other accomplishments rather than financial need.
Unlike need-based aid, merit scholarships reward excellence: She earned a merit scholarship for her research in biochemistry.
Most colleges offer merit scholarships to attract high-achieving students.
- academicRelating to education or theory
- academic achievementEducational success metrics
- excellenceOutstanding quality or merit
- achievementAccomplished goal or deed
- awardHonor given for merit
tuition · free tuition · GPA · honors · college · early decision · valedictorian · top of class · grades · honor roll · competitive · test scores · application · essay · recipient · dean's list · outstanding · talented
- Educational Fundinggrant, education grant, federal aid, student aid, need-based aid
- law school fundingfull ride, academic award, tuition waiver
- Fellowshipsfellowship, Fulbright, Guggenheim, Rhodes, teaching fellowship
merit scholarshipneed-based aid
Assistance determined by income
financial aid · Pell Grant · diversity scholarship · legacy admission
merit scholarshipstudent loan
Borrowed funds for tuition
unsubsidized loan · subsidized loan · federal loan · debt financing · borrowed money
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