But the inputs you chose won’t reflect others’ pictures, only the narrow hypothetical you entered. It’s a starter example and families need to run numbers on their own data. Then the family can compare “head on.” It can mislead FA newbies to suggest, eg, that Barnard will necessarily offer more than Bates. We want families to check for their own details.
Plus H2i “percentage of need” still hangs on how that school calculates need, not what the family deems affordable. The stingiest colleges may claim they met 100%. It’s not what tells you that you can afford them. You need your numbers and how loans are included or not.