Education News - Education Life - The New York Times Spending When the Calculator Says 1 + 1 = 4 The new "net price calculators" are supposed to tell you what college will really cost. But like all things in their infancy, there are growing pains. Data The Bottom Lines "Net price" is the new catch phrase in discussions of college cost. Find out which colleges, public and private, have the highest average net price and which have the lowest. Grad School Failure Is Not an Option Maybe because they're older or they're given a slide, few graduate students flunk out. Strategy How to Be a Better Test-Taker Don't choke on those final exams. Tips to free up working memory when you're caught in the grips of test anxiety. Where Your Money Goes Jane Wellman, a college-cost oracle, talks about tuition, salaries and college vs. prison. Notebook Upward-Facing Soldier Students at a military college learn to breathe deep, and how to remain calm in the face of chaos and war and the death of a buddy.