Are merit based scholarships

[ferris]

offered at the same time as letters of acceptance, or do they come afterwards?  Thanks for any information you can provide.

[schoomp]

I think it all depends on the school you are looking at...

[marcman]

sometimes yes, sometimes no, like was said it all depends

[jas9999]

both of mine came after, but the initial letters of acceptance said that i was in consideration for merit awards...

[falconred]

One came with one came after.

I would guess it also depends on how strong you are at a given school.  If you were just outside the merit scholarship range, and people they gave scholarships to decline the offer of acceptance, you may get an offer later on.

[thechoson]

I've been accepted to 4 schools so far, only 1 of them came with an offer, 2 others came later