Of the 108 students graduating from my DD’s Catholic HS in AL, 14 are going to UA. Two students received additional scholarships beyond Presidential and Engineering Scholarships at UA - one received two Alumni scholarships - Alumni Scholar and Alumni Heritage Scholarship; the other received Pro-Air, Pro-Earth Scholarship. Two students who were not eligible for UA Presidential Scholarship - one received Corporate Office Properties Trust Award, and the other Foundation in Excellence Scholarship.
There are two times in recent years that I have seen AU really ‘stack’ the scholarships for a student they wanted. Both were NMS - the student this year was the top academic student and also won the school’s top award and had 8 scholarships from AU - National Scholars Presidential Scholarship, Technology Stipend, On-Campus Housing Stipend, Enrichment Stipend, National Merit Scholarship Stipend, etc.
Agree with @mom2collegekids about ‘spreading the scholarships’ to students who are good stats but maybe not testing high enough to be automatic merit-worthy.