@BelknapPoint
It sounds like you think CSS/Profile is somehow directly related to the net price calculators that are available on school websites. As far as I know, this is not the case.
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Yes! You’re right, this is what I assumed. Because the NPC calculators link to the College Board, and the CSS profile links to the College Board. And because I have repeatedly heard here on CC that the NPC calculators are accurate, I thought they were the same thing. But it sounds like you’re all saying it’s not the same thing.
Here is a link from Amherst, for example: https://www.amherst.edu/offices/financialaid/calculator