Tools
Free tools for clearer college choices.
Pick the question you need to answer. Each tool gives you one useful result without making you learn the whole financial aid system first.
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- SAI / EFC EstimatorEstimate your Student Aid Index using the simplified federal formula and see how much the government expects your family to contribute.
- Merit Aid Eligibility QuizCheck whether your student is likely to qualify for automatic merit, competitive merit, or school-specific scholarship opportunities.
- Outside Scholarship Displacement CheckerSee whether an outside scholarship is likely to stack, reduce loans first, or quietly replace institutional grant aid.
- Merit Aid Stacking SimulatorModel how institutional merit, need-based grants, and outside scholarships can combine or cancel each other out.
- Financial Aid Appeal Letter BuilderBuild a focused appeal letter around the facts colleges actually need: changed finances, competing offers, and specific ask.
- Scholarship Deadline GeneratorTurn scholarship and college deadlines into a working calendar so applications, FAFSA, CSS Profile, and renewals do not collide.
- Merit Aid Threshold CliffsSee the exact GPA and test-score lines where each college's automatic merit jumps, so you know whether one more point is worth thousands or nothing.