A very simple to use Excel spreadsheet for use by students, teachers, counselors, or parents for calculating and comparing the cost of attending 4-year colleges or universities. Especially useful for teachers of AVID!!!To complete the spreadsheet, the user enters values for:1) the annual cost of tuition and fees2) the annual cost of room and board3) the annual value of earned scholarships (as a negative number)4) the annual value of earned grants (as a negative number)5) the annual value of ant