Based on what I've seen locally, she was probably in the top 4 or the top of her class. Both of the graduation ceremonies we went to, it seemed like a winner-takes-all deal. The rest of the scholarships were (small) fractions of full ride. My kid had a 4.3 GPA and only qualified for the state's tuition program and a scholarship from the company I work for. Both of which will continue to be merit based; he has to maintain a 3.0 to keep the funding.
Of note is his biology class, which has 900 students! He's already figured out that he needs to get an aisle seat by the door if he want to make his next class on time. The first day of class it took him 12 minutes to get out of the lecture hall.
