<p>Use this to compare your aid packages: [FinAid</a> | Calculators | Award Letter Comparison Tool](<a href=“Your Guide for College Financial Aid - Finaid”>Award Letter Requirements - Finaid)</p>
<p>When you do that, take a good long look at the factors that each institution includes in the Cost of Attendance. There may be items that you wouldn’t need to pay for at all, or at least where you wouldn’t have to pay everything that appears in the university’s estimate.</p>