Debbie Schwartz is a former financial services executive and founder of Road2College and the Paying For College 101 Facebook group. With an expertise in personal finance, analysis, and marketing, she's working to give families the information and tools they need to make smarter financial college decisions.
December 5, 2020
COVID-19 continues to disrupt life as usual for colleges and the students they seek to attract and retain. According to…
October 4, 2020
Don’t qualify for need-based aid but still can’t pay for college? Merit aid, which is the money colleges award that’s…
October 4, 2020
Colleges have choices about how to spend their money, and you have choices about how to spend yours. In order…
September 30, 2020
This is the First Post in our New Series: Ask the Experts Welcome to our new series where we’ll periodically…
September 22, 2020
If you were to look at the college admissions process as a puzzle, you would understand just how many pieces…
September 15, 2020
A scholarship is money awarded to a student to help pay for college. Unlike a loan, it doesn’t have to…
September 10, 2020
With so many schools going test-optional, how do test optional colleges evaluate a student’s readiness for college? What qualities does…
August 30, 2020
Introspection at this point in life—when the kids are headed off to college, and we’re transitioning to an empty nest—is…