Need Financial Aid Guru to Explain NPC Variance

Yes, each college has its own formula and policies regarding stepparents, home equity, etc…

However, if these numbers do not include both parents’ finances after divorce, they will be unrealistically optimistic at those colleges that use both parents’ finances after divorce (which is probably all of this list, except for Princeton if the custodial parent is remarried, according to its own NPC at https://swebapps.princeton.edu/FinAid/finaid_form.pl ).

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