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If you are a parent or student looking for scholarship options,
FastWeb is one place you should consider looking. We did find our experience with the site to be a bit challenging. It is a free web site and an extensive profile questionnaire will give you personalized search results. However, there is an abundance of advertising that requires too much time and attention for comfortable browsing. If you are not careful you will end up with unwanted email from these advertisers.
- Free personalized scholarship search for students and parents.
- Find internships and jobs.
- 1.3 million scholarships worth over $3 billion.
If you don't mind navigating the ads, however, the site can provide some very helpful scholarship information. After completing your profile you will receive a list of scholarships that include the name of the scholarship, the amount, the deadline, the type, the specific college (if applicable) and a place to make notes. A link is provided for more information and another link to the scholarship website.
You can save the scholarship to a homepage, print the information or delete it from your list. If you add it to your favorites it will be saved to your homepage and the deadline date will appear on a calendar on your homepage. We loved the calendar feature for keeping on top of deadlines.
College, internship and job searches are also available based on your profile. The college search results yields excellent fact sheets for each school and links to the school’s website, admissions office and financial aid office. The internship and job searches also provide further links for application and information.
All in all, the site does provide very helpful scholarship information – you just have to jump through some hoops to get to it. They earn
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