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<p>I agree with ‘mom’ 100%. In fact, I was going to post this in a separate thread. (I still might.)</p>
<p>I did a net price comparison of a few of the LACs that my daughter is considering.</p>
<p>College A
COA 58,000
Top Merit Aid 20,000 and 30,000
Net 33,000 *</p>
<p>College B
COA 52,000
Top Merit Aid 18,000
Net 34,000</p>
<p>College C
COA 51,000
Top Merit Aid 18,000
Net 33,000</p>
<p>College D
COA 54,000
Top Merit Aid 20,000 and 25,000
Net 32,000</p>
<p>The net price of every single one is almost exactly the same. Pretty interesting, huh? This is obviously not a coincidence.</p>
<p>Remember, higher education is a business and all schools are market-aware.</p>
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<li>In cases where there were two or more top merit aid levels, I used the average amount among them.</li>
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