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Debbie Schwartz

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.

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Filling Out a Special Circumstances Form to Appeal Financial Aid

July 6, 2019

Writing a financial aid appeal letter can be intimidating. However, schools have a form known as the Special Circumstances Form…

Scholarships for High School Seniors: What to Know

July 3, 2019

Is your family shuffling through piles of private scholarship applications, hoping to cobble together some additional funding for college? If…

How To Use The FAFSA4caster

July 3, 2019

The FAFSA4caster is a free prediction tool from the U.S. Department of Education that gives families an early estimate of…

Questions to Ask on a College Tour

July 3, 2019

Parents in our Paying For College 101 Facebook group recently weighed in on some of the questions to ask on a college tour.

SAT Prep Tips From an Expert

July 3, 2019

SAT Test Tips Prepping to take a standardized test might rub some the wrong way, as they equate it with…

Using Data to Find Merit Scholarships

Using Data to Find Merit Scholarships

July 2, 2019

Finding merit scholarships doesn’t have to be like finding a needle in a haystack (although some search websites and colleges…

Explaining Blemishes on a College Application

July 2, 2019

From time to time, we hear from parents whose students have a mar on their high school transcripts and want…

Can You Prevent Scholarship Displacement?

July 1, 2019

Working with families on securing scholarships, I am always asked whether scholarship displacement can be avoided. I wish there was…