<p>I’ve been doing net price calculators and I was very surprised by BU’s net price for me. It said I would only have to pay ~5000 out of pocket when full need schools like Cornell were about 12,000 out of pocket. Is there something I’m missing? It seems like merit aid isn’t calculated in it either, so I’m not sure why the numbers are so low. I’m not complaining if that is actually a good estimate of what I can expect to pay, but I was definitely surprised, because money is one of the biggest factors in my search right now.</p>