Merit-based aid is aid offered to students who achieve excellence in a given area, and is generally known as academic, athletic and artistic merit scholarships.

以成绩为基础的奖学金是为在某一领域取得优异成绩的学生提供的奖学金，常见的包括学术、体育和艺术奖学金。

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Artistic merit scholarships require that applicants excel in a given artistic area.

艺术奖学金要求申请者在某一特定艺术领域有突出表现。

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Now, Hamilton College in Clinton, N.Y., says it will phase out merit scholarships altogether.

现在，纽约州克林顿市的汉密尔顿学院表示将逐步取消所有的奖学金。

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People don't get scholarships for merit. People get, at least that's my understanding.

人们不因为成绩好得奖学金。人们，至少按照我的理解，

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He won merit scholarships to attend UC Riverside, where he was enrolled in one of the university's most challenging programs.

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If he was outstanding in any way, it was for academics: He won merit scholarships to attend UC Riverside, where he was enrolled in one of its most challenging programs.

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She says about 10% of in-state Boulder students get merit-based scholarships, which are highly competitive.

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