Will I get a merit scholarship?

It’s college application season. The decisions are rolling in. If you are **not** a poor, will you get any merit money?

Wake Forest: FUCK NO ☠️

Using 2024-2025 data

- Number of first year students **not** eligible for need based aid: 1,115

- Number of first year students ineligible for need based aid who got merit money: 37

- % receiving merit money: 3.3%

- Average award: $22.8k

- Note: excludes athletic scholarships