<p>I completely agree.</p>
<p>NPCs from each school will give you a better idea than the online calculator.</p>
<p>Also…if parents are divorced/separated/never married then some schools may insist on getting the dad’s income info as well. </p>
<p>I’m concerned that the mom seems to think that a child should take on large amounts of debt. Either she’s overestimating how much the student will earn upon graduation or she’s underestimating how much debt he’d have after four years.</p>