Subject: Filling Out Financial Aid Forms From H-E-Double-ll

Tips on how to fill out (and complete) financial aid forms

You Get a Financial Aid Form, and You Get a Financial Aid Form, and YOU Get One Too!


Financial aid forms: Some of us have them, all of us hate them. There are some ways to make the process less Hellish (for lack of a better word).


Kalman A. Chany, the author of the 30th edition of the Princeton Review's Paying For College, offers some tips and you might say, a lifeline, so that this very dreaded task can be completed with finesse.


Click here for guidance.

Mental Health Awareness...Not Just One Day a Year


Last week was Mental Health Awareness Week, but the subject of mental health is an important one any time of the year; especially for college students.


Most mental illnesses — such as anxiety, bipolar, and depression – emerge with symptoms for the first time between the years 18 to 25.


All students –those who have had mental health struggles in high school and those who haven’t – will be adjusting to a new environment with the temptations of late nights, a lack of set schedules, and no parental monitoring of drug and alcohol use.


When signs of mental illness arise at college, parents might be the last ones to know, so you want to be sure that your child has a support system and understands there are places to turn to if guidance and care are needed.


Learn more here.

Two Images...


From a parent in our Paying For College 101 group...


"What a difference a year makes.

Top Picture: October, 2020 - College application time

Bottom Picture: October. 2021 - Having the time of her life!

 (My daughter is front left)


Hang in there parents!

Happy times are ahead of you (and your student)!"


My goal is to provide affordable services, insightful information and a support system so your family can make more informed decisions about college.

Feel free to respond to this email with any questions you have.

Debbie Schwartz

Founder, Road2College

I'm a parent, like many of you, navigating college admissions and paying for college. With an expertise in personal finance, analysis, and marketing, I'm working to give families the information and tools to make smarter financial college decisions.

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