<p>Hi, </p>
<p>I was just checking out the net price calculator on the collegeboard website. How accurate is that calculator? Because I checked it for Northeastern University and University of Pennsylvania, and for Northeastern I got a net price of about $15,000 and for UPenn I got about only $3,000. These numbers sound ridiculously low. So I just wanted to check.</p>
<p>The net price calculators provide estimates of your costs. The only way for us to know if this is accurate would be to know your family income. Also, keep in mind that if either of your parents are self employed, or if your parents are divorced, these net price calculators can be a bit inaccurate.</p>
<p>The aid provided by UPenn WOULD be higher than Northeastern. UPenn has much deeper pockets and guarantees to meet full need for all accepted students. Northeastern does not guarantee to meet full need.</p>
<p>Those numbers do sounds ridiculously low based on your family income of $135K from your other post.</p>
<p>You should be looking at merit aid possibilities based on your high SAT scores.</p>
<p>I think you mean $30,000 for Penn. That would make more sense</p>
<p>I don’t think your net price for UPenn would be $3000 considering that your family income is $135,000.</p>
<p>Do you have more than one student in college at the same time? </p>
<p>I agree…with a family income of $135,000, the family contribution would be in the $30,000 range at many schools.</p>
<p>Is one of your parents self employed?</p>