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AI Comparing College Financial Aid Packages Side by Side
Use AI to put financial aid letters in a comparable format with true cost.
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- 1The premise
- 2financial aid
- 3college affordability
- 4decision frameworks
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Section 1
The premise
Aid letters are intentionally hard to compare. AI can normalize them into one grid showing actual cost — so the family decision is based on dollars, not marketing.
What AI does well here
- Convert aid letters into one comparison grid
- Distinguish grants from loans clearly
- Project 4-year cost net of aid
- Draft questions to ask the financial aid office
What AI cannot do
- Predict aid renewal in years 2-4 reliably
- Validate merit conditions for renewal
- Replace a financial advisor on borrowing strategy
- Decide whether to take a Parent PLUS loan
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