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Why colleges charge families different prices

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Colleges do not offer 'grants' out of the kindness of their hearts. They set an astronomically fake sticker price, demand your tax returns, and then run a ruthless algorithm to calculate the absolute maximum dollar amount they can squeeze out of your specific family. It is a highly efficient machine designed to leave exactly zero dollars on the table.

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