@jym626 - exactly. My daughter applied to a $47,000 a year school in 2007 - and with aid, her costs ended up being closer to $7000 a year.
We have one school which is quite expensive, but when I ran the NPC, it came in with a very favorable number. (Of course, we’re still waiting for the FA packet from them! We know she got a competitive merit scholarship because she’s already received that. She called but they said that as soon as a competitive merit scholarship is awarded, that letter gets sent out.