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We obviously learned the second time around. I like to use percentage of COA covered by grants/scholarships as that gives a true picture of how generous the school is. Schools that have tuition that is double as others should give more aid. For my son, U-M was the least generous of his top 3 (the others were privates) based on that percentage. Of course that doesn’t mean the school won’t still cost more but you can decide if the school is worth the added expense or not.</p>