Does Harvard award merit scholarships?
No. Harvard is firmly committed to allocating resources to sustain our policies of need-blind admissions and need-based financial aid. Our unusually talented student populations — chosen in a very competitive admissions process — would, in any case, complicate the equitable distribution of merit-based awards. However, students last year brought with them to Harvard about $13 million in scholarships from outside resources, thus enhancing their own financial flexibility during their college years.
