Merit Scholarships

polkadotma369
Thu, 11 Nov 2010 14:33:17 +0000

The stats for merit scholarships for 2009/2010 can be found in the Common Data set for UDel. This is not the recent entering class Fall 2010. They might post the pdf a year later.
[UD Office of Institutional Research](Institutional Research and Effectiveness)
So for merit awards:
Number of students in line A (reference p.21 —pdf you can download it) who had no financial need and who were awarded institutional non-need-based scholarship or grant aid (exclude those who were awarded athletic awards and tuition benefits) = 599 First time incoming freshmen.
The average merit $ for that was $5,746. for 1st time full time freshmen (non-athletes).
SAT scores and GPA are also included in the pdf for the freshman class.

If you look at the profile for the Honors Program Freshman Class of 2014, you will see that there were 466 enrolled in the program.
[Freshmen Class Profile, Honors Program, University of Delaware](Honors College | Challenge. Enrichment. Community.)

Despite the data being 1 year apart, maybe not hard to guess where some of the merit $ is going. However, 142 athletic (not included in the first set) $ was much higher with the average award being $9,239.

This is not to say that all is written in stone for the initiatives of UDel and what they are looking for in the admissions process. You could have a hook or exceptional specific, but it could give you an idea of your chances by where you stand in the percentages. The numbers will vary a bit since UDel is getting pickier but can provide a rough guideline.