Are Out of student (OOS) eligible for any merit based aid at UUIC?

There are merit awards, but my impression is that you have to have nearly perfect academics to earn one. Perhaps a little easier in to earn one in less competitive majors than more competitive ones like CS. Unless you have a Harvard/Stanford type of application, the larger 4-year awards and full tuition scholarships generally appear to go to those with hooks, like URM/donor/etc. There are reports of OOS merit awards as well, but assume they seem to be a lot more competitive to earn than at many other state flagships such as Minnesota, Indiana, OSU, Indiana, Iowa, etc.