<p>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</a> Office of Institutional Research](<a href=“http://www.udel.edu/IR/cds/]UD”>Institutional Research and Effectiveness)
So for merit awards:<br>
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.</p>
<p>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</a> Class Profile, Honors Program, University of Delaware](<a href=“Honors College | Challenge. Enrichment. Community.”>Honors College | Challenge. Enrichment. Community.)</p>
<p>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.</p>
<p>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.</p>