<p>In the past I have never heard of any OOS student being successful in getting their merit award increased. However, with the relatively new Admission’s Director perhaps things will change. I suspect that possibly they are waiting to see how many students they have already awarded merit aid to who will decide not to attend UD to get some idea of the amount of money they will actually have available. While I guess they might have some idea about this by mid-April it would seem reasonable to asume they won’t have a final handle on this until May 1. Just my thoughts. Good luck. Please let us all know how you make out. This certainly would be good to know for future applicants. </p>