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College Decision Toolkit
The acceptances are in, the award letters do not match each other, and May 1 is not moving. This is the kitchen-table companion to our free calculators: printable worksheets that turn a pile of confusing offers into one clear page your whole family can point at.
What's inside
22 pages, one PDF, built to be printed. Every worksheet uses the same math we publish across the 1,665-school ROI database, with sources and vintages stated.
The Four Numbers worksheet, four blank copies
One page per school: real price (cost minus grants), cash out of pocket, debt at graduation, and the estimated monthly payment that follows. The same honest math as our Award Letter Decoder, on paper.
A weighted decision matrix
Cost is rarely the whole decision. Score each school on the things your family actually weighs, with the weights written down where everyone can see them.
The aid appeal kit
When an appeal is worth writing and when it is not, the evidence checklist, two letter templates (a competing-offer appeal and a changed-circumstances appeal), a phone script, and the timing that matters.
Two question checklists
Ten questions for the financial aid office before you commit, and ten to ask yourselves before anyone signs a loan.
Loan reality tables
What common borrowing amounts mean as a monthly payment after graduation, at the 2025-26 federal undergraduate rate, with the source and vintage stated.
A decision-season calendar
March 1 to May 1, week by week: what to compare, when to appeal, when to decide.
The deposit-day checklist
The final look before the enrollment deposit goes in, so nothing is signed on a feeling.
Do you even need it?
Maybe not. The Award Letter Decoder, ROI calculator, and the rest of our tools are free and always will be. Get the toolkit if the decision is happening on paper, with other people, or if you want the appeal kit: in our view the appeal templates alone can be worth many times the cover price when a letter lands right.
Questions, answered straight
Is this financial advice?
No. The toolkit is worksheets, checklists, and templates that organize the arithmetic and the questions. It does not know your family, and it will not tell you where to enroll. For advice about your specific situation, talk to each school’s financial aid office or a fee-only advisor.
Your calculators are free. Why would I pay for this?
If you are comfortable working through the numbers on a screen, use the free calculators, that is what they are for. The toolkit is the paper version of the same thinking, built for decisions made at a table with other people: worksheets you can hand a parent, margins you can argue in, and the appeal kit, which is not part of any calculator.
What exactly do I get?
One PDF, 22 pages, formatted to print on letter paper. Worksheets for up to four offers, the weighted decision matrix, the appeal letter templates and phone script, both question checklists, the loan tables, and the season calendar. Download it, print what you need, reuse it for a sibling.
What if it does not help?
Reply to your receipt email within 14 days and we will refund it. No form, no questions.
Get first access
The toolkit launches soon at $19. Join the list to hear first, and get our free appeal checklist today.
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The fine print: The toolkit is an educational workbook. Its worksheets run on numbers you enter from your own award letters, and its templates are starting points you edit, not guarantees of an aid outcome. Award terms vary by school and year; confirm details with each financial aid office and studentaid.gov. This is not financial advice.