Former NYS Governor Pataki once proposed holding TAP payments until AFTER a student's graduation, but we know this makes the payments worth less today. If the interest rate over the next 4 years is 3% annually, then receiving payment of $4000, 4 years from now, is worth approximately ____ today.

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