<p>Hello there, i was just wonder does anyone use FastWeb.com to find scholarship opportunity because i got 74 of them after creating my account but im not so sure if they are fake or not. HEre is one scholarship that i am eligable at <a href="http://www.straightforwardmedia.com/education/%5B/url%5D">http://www.straightforwardmedia.com/education/</a></p>
<p>Please any help would be appreciate</p>
<p>i have heard this is a legit site</p>
<p>fastweb has been around a fair amount of time and they do not bullcrap around. So, tombking, start working things hard and applying for scholarships now.</p>
<p>peaceout</p>
<p>they are legitimate....my Ds' high school guidance office recommends using it to find scholarships</p>
<p>Fastweb.com is usually pretty good but sometimes they show awards that you don't qualify for. ScholarshipExperts.com has a larger database but its results are more tightly filtered so you might see a few less awards.</p>
<p>Straightforwardmedia.com has several scholarships in each major field of study. These awards have been around for a few years and they definately look legit. When it comes to scholarship scams, just be sure to read the fine print of the privacy policy very closely. Some websites that do sweepstake style scholarships are just looking to collect personal information and create a net profit off the program. You might want to create a "junk e-mail" account at Hotmail.com or some other free e-mail site so you can use that address any time you need to use a questionable site.</p>
<p>Hope it helps, good luck :)</p>
<p>Thank you for all your help i will sign up for all those sholarships.</p>
<p>fastweb is legit. But, has anyone on CC won or know someone who has won any of the scholarships posted?</p>
<p>That is a very good question anyone with a answer?</p>
<p>I do not personally know of anyone who has won a scholarship listed on FastWeb. However, I do know that they list several national scholarships that are legitimate (sp?) contests. They have the Discover Card scholarship and the Coca-Cola Scholars competition, for example.</p>
<p>Yes there are many legit scholarships posted on fastweb and you can see the winners of the big ones (many are won by the same kids - try cross referencing winners) but how about the smaller ones? I know winners of best buy, comcast and scholastic, but how about any of these, for example:<br>
A. Patrick Charnon Scholarship,
aBetterEarth Essay Contest
Adellson Scholars Program
Akademos / TextbookX.com 2006 Fall Scholarship Contest<br>
All-Ink.com College Scholarship Program<br>
Atlas Shrugged Essay Contest<br>
aWorldConnected Essay Contest<br>
Bridgestone Firestone Safety Scholars Essay Contest<br>
Calgon Take Me Away to College Contest<br>
CarDonors.com Scholarship<br>
Collegiate Inventors Competition<br>
CosmoGIRL! of the Year Scholarship<br>
Datatel Scholars Foundation Scholarship<br>
Daylon E. Kinney Scholarship<br>
Frank O'Neill Memorial Scholarship</p>
<p>This is a legit site, ived used it for quite some time, and am currently filling out several scholarships as we speak. the site is useful, even shows what scholarships are open, based on your majors and minors information. they also provide information on how to contact colleges, or even give info to have colleges contact you personally to conduct interviews via phone. i had an interview with the university of pheonix, and they are in the process of getting me in to take an online AP class for 3D animation/model design. very nice site by the way!</p>
<p>The question still is, has anyone won anything on this site?</p>
<p>There was a thread on this (does anyone win the scholarships) just recently - try doing a search for fastweb. As far as I recall most people said no.</p>
<p>I am someone who posts a scholarship on fastweb every year. The qualification is very tight (MSci student in geology who needs money for a summer project in karst research), but it seems like each year we have to go searching for candidates. I would say that the max number of applicants each year can be counted on one hand.</p>
<p>That being said, try to look at scholarships that have the narrowest qualifications (and thus the least number of applicants). These tend to be smaller amounts, but much more doable than say, a very well-known one.</p>
<p>I think the best source for scholarships (other than the ones given by the school itself) are local ones. The school guidance counselor will have the best knowledge of these. In addition, check with the parents' work (and the places where you and your parents are customers, especially credit unions, utility companies, and larger non-chain stores).</p>
<p>Also, if you have been in any competitions in HS, there are some lesser known scholarships associated with these. My son got $1000 from a scholarship that was not well known. Again there were fewer than a handful of applicants.</p>
<p>Better to try for multiple smaller awards with few applicants than going for one big lottery ticket.</p>
<p>I hate how fastweb sends so much junkmail though. grrr....</p>
<p>thank you for all your helps. i really appreciate it.</p>