I don’t really think it is fair to say that OSU is super stingy with merit aid - read the threads in the OSU forum to see how many kids are reporting receiving merit aid. I will agree with the poster that said they can be irregular with merit. Some view their scholarships as automatic if you meet their stats but thats not accurate as many kids have posted that they either received no merit or a lower scholarship than what their stats quality them for. And they do run out of money as I assume all schools with merit money do.