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Why is the sticker price of a university so different from the net price calculated by financial aid office tools?
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Fan-out diagram
The searches the AI actually ran for this prompt.
SEED QUERY
Why is the sticker price of a university so different from the net price calculated by financial aid office tools?
2 real searches · 1 real-search pass
Federal Student Aid net price calculator estimated net price financial aid offer cost of attendance grants loans work study explanationGoogle ↗
OBSERVEDReason
College Board net price calculator estimate actual financial aid award differences institutional methodology CSS ProfileGoogle ↗
OBSERVEDOther / navigational
Badge and edge weight = share of passes that produced the query. Hover a query for its intent and routing format.
Query classes
Google's semantic query class for every sub-query: what kind of answer each search is after, simulated vs real.
ChatGPT real searches (2)
Classes come from the query-classifier (a local Laya model). 2 of 2 calls are low-confidence (under 50%) — hover a query in the table to see its confidence.
Searches and sources
ChatGPT2 real searches · gpt-6
Federal Student Aid net price calculator estimated net price financial aid offer cost of attendance grants loans work study explanation Google ↗
College Board net price calculator estimate actual financial aid award differences institutional methodology CSS Profile Google ↗
- Net Price Calculator Information Center · nces.ed.gov
- College Affordability and Transparency Explanation Form · collegecost.ed.gov
- Using Net Price · secure-media.collegeboard.org
- How To Evaluate Your Aid Offers · studentaid.gov
- Financial Aid Dictionary: Top Terms Related to Grants, Work-Study, and Student Loans · studentaid.gov
Queries
2 queries · click a column to sort
| Query / type | Search | Intent | Query class | Routing format | Cluster | Freq ↓ | Weight |
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Federal Student Aid net price calculator estimated net price financial aid offer cost of attendance grants loans work study explanation OBSERVED | Google ↗ AI Mode ↗ | — | Reason | — | — | 1x of 1 | |
College Board net price calculator estimate actual financial aid award differences institutional methodology CSS Profile OBSERVED | Google ↗ AI Mode ↗ | — | Other / navigational | — | — | 1x of 1 |