<p>Read this </p>
<p><a href=“College Board - SAT, AP, College Search and Admission Tools”>College Board - SAT, AP, College Search and Admission Tools; </p>
<p>and this </p>
<p><a href=“http://www.economics.harvard.edu/faculty/hoxby/papers/aidpaper.pdf[/url]”>http://www.economics.harvard.edu/faculty/hoxby/papers/aidpaper.pdf</a> </p>
<p>and then note this </p>
<p><a href=“http://www.maguireassoc.com/serving/financial_aid_officers.html[/url]”>http://www.maguireassoc.com/serving/financial_aid_officers.html</a> </p>
<p>to see </p>
<p>what the basic economic concepts of financial aid are, </p>
<p>how parents misunderstand the basic economic concepts of financial aid, </p>
<p>and </p>
<p>how colleges package their offers to take advantage of parental misunderstanding of the basic concepts.</p>