<p>The NPC is just a tool–sort of an “open disclosure” thing–that the colleges are now required to put on their websites (as Elizabeth said). </p>
<p>And since I just finished and sent off these forms, you will be filling out a FAFSA for all the schools that your D applies to, and also the CSS Profile (there’s links on Oberlin’s Financial Aid page) for Oberlin and any other of the schools she applies to that require it. My S is also applying to several LAC’s, and most of them require the CSS Profile as well.</p>