<p>I know my cousin was able to have her merit scholarships increased, but I’m not exactly sure how she did it. She was accepted to a few top schools and a few strong schools and almost all of them offered her some sort of scholarship. I think what she did was go back and forth between the schools to let them know that she was accepted at another school and the other school was offering her x amount, but they were only offering x amount, etc. She had some of her offers go up by a couple thousand dollars.</p>