Use This Chart to Make Sense of College Aid Packages  Wouldn't
it be nice if colleges all used the same terms and language to
describe their financial aid packages? Sure would, but only 700
of about 6,000 U.S. colleges have done so. It's up to you, and
this chart, to make sense of the rest.  The Wall Street Journal
is out with an interactive ranking of college financial aid
packages, because it is that time of year in pre-collegiate
households. For those not considering schools on the list of
amazingly beneficent institutions, you'll need to figure it out
yourself. The Journal offers a nice, simple summation table, and
some advice on how to use it with long-term planning in mind.
To be safe, families should calculate costs over four and five
years, because many students take more than four years to
graduate. Just 53% of students at nonprofit private schools and
31% at public colleges graduate in four years, according to the
Department of Education.  What's the worst, most confusing
financial aid package you'