Anonymous
Post 12/01/2025 12:30     Subject: Tuition Word of Mouth?
Anonymous wrote:New to all of this. I know there are university-driven net price calculators and I have household income information. Are there other sources of valuable information on likely tuition, e.g., where merit aid and other discounts are more likely to be available? Other families or DCUM posters?

Sorry if this is super basic.

If interested in cost, Google "<school name> COA". That should provide the cost of attendance. I've seen quite a few that provide projected costs but may not be formally approved etc.
Anonymous
Post 12/01/2025 12:26     Subject: Tuition Word of Mouth?
No apologies needed - we all have to start somewhere!

There’s so much great information on this board, and I find it’s easiest to search using Google rather than the internal DCUM search function (though that works, too.)

I googled DCUM “merit aid” - this is what came up:

https://www.google.com/search?q=dcum+%22merit+aid%22+site%3Awww.dcurbanmom.com&client=safari&sca_esv=f34621fe0ac54d90&hl=en-us&biw=393&bih=633&ei=9c4taYGsEZCq5NoPlduliAE&oq=dcum+%22merit+aid%22+site%3Awww.dcurbanmom.com&gs_lp=EhNtb2JpbGUtZ3dzLXdpei1zZXJwIihkY3VtICJtZXJpdCBhaWQiIHNpdGU6d3d3LmRjdXJiYW5tb20uY29tSJ4mUABYAHABeACQAQGYAUGgAXKqAQEyuAEDyAEAmAIAoAIAmAMAiAYBkgcAoAdasgcAuAcAwgcAyAcA&sclient=mobile-gws-wiz-serp

Good luck!
Anonymous
Post 12/01/2025 12:13     Subject: Tuition Word of Mouth?
New to all of this. I know there are university-driven net price calculators and I have household income information. Are there other sources of valuable information on likely tuition, e.g., where merit aid and other discounts are more likely to be available? Other families or DCUM posters?

Sorry if this is super basic.