Word: meritable
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While we understand the College's desire not to recognize us as a student organization, we do not see the merit of the clause concerning "connection with outside organizations" in the Undergraduate Organizations Statement of Policy in the Handbook for Students--a regulation used to preclude our recognition by the College...
Penn strengthened a system of merit-based "preferential packages" by eliminating loans for 100 outstanding students...
Penn announced it will give 50 of its most prized applicants new "Trustee Scholarships," aid packages that replace all loans with outright grants. This program will cost about $125,000. "Preferential packages" are not formally considered merit scholarships because they still offer aid based on calculations of demonstrated need. The new program completely eliminates self-help for the 50 Trustee Scholars...
Altom, a member of the cross-country and tennisteams and a National Merit semi-finalist at OakRidge High School, graduated with highest honorsfrom the chemistry department of the University ofNorth Carolina at Chapel Hill...
...relationship with their parents, that counts against us. Secondly, the human-resources departments in companies do the math and figure out that in five to seven years we might be a burden on health or pension programs. There isn't much attention paid to the merit we can bring...