<p>I plugged in my numbers into the USC Financial Aid Calculator and gave me a range of numbers between 39,000 and 42,000. Now I know that I did not include all the information that they take into account when they calculate my financial aid but I know they can provide me with a good range. How accurate is the calculator? Can it be way off such as it ending up to be around 25,000 or so? Can it be higher? Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!</p>
<p>I have found that USC was the closest to all the finaid calculators we used. I spoke to the director of finaid at our Explore session about it and he did say that he tried to make it as realistic as possible - just remember though, if you have an unusual situation (business owner, investments, et) it will have to be looked at directly by the department. You can easily call them - they were great over the phone earlier this year.</p>