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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Would choose a merit-based system?

会选择一种优秀评价系统。

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What we might call a merit-based system.

就是我们可能称为一个基于价值的系统

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Committee chairman William Weisenberg says the lawyers group is for greater use of merit-based selections.

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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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So this is not really a contest, per se, more of a merit-based pre-order list.

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