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FastWebFree Tools to Help Students Pay for

College

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• Students are matched to scholarships, colleges, internships, part-time jobs, and more.

• With 1.3 million scholarships worth over $3 billion, FastWeb is a comprehensive source for scholarships.

• Students get a customized experience and tools to stay organized.

• It’s all FREE!

Overview

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To start a new search, students click here.

FastWeb Homepage

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• Students can search for scholarships, colleges, or both.

• FastWeb adapts to students as they complete their search.

Register for FastWeb

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Students are then given custom results based on their answers.

Students are asked various questions based on award provider and college criteria (including GPA, student activities, parent information, etc.)

Student Information

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FastWeb’sScholarship Search

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After completing the questions, students can find their results by clicking on any of these tabs.

FastWeb provides students with a custom list of scholarships, colleges, local jobs and internships, all with one profile.

Scholarship Search Results

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Results Features

The message box highlights new

and important opportunities.

Profile Summary reminds students to check and update their information.

Headlines show timely articles based on the student’s year in school and the time of year.

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Students can sort their results by any column heading to help them manage their results.

Manage Your Results

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Select “Favorites”

To help student manage their results, they can mark opportunities as “favorites” and “discards.”

Favorites are indicated by the heart icon and are added to a list in the “Favorites” tab.

Discarded awards are removed from the main list and moved to the “Discards” tab.

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Step 1

Step 2

Select Favorites

One way to mark “Favorites” and “Discards” is to click the check box in the status column and then click the appropriate button.

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When a student clicks a scholarship description, scholarship details appear. This includes the award description, Web site and more.

Scholarship Detail

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Students can also mark “Favorites” and “Discards” on the scholarship description page.

Select “Favorites”

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Students can set a personal note for

themselves.

Add a Note

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When adding a note, students can schedule it to be emailed to their personal account on a set day.

Add a Note

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FastWeb’sCollege Search

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Students can sort their results by any column heading to help them manage their results.

Sort Your Results

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The “Distance” heading indicates how many miles the school is from the home address.

View Distance

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The “Scholarship” column is a personal scholarship search for every college in the college results.

Scholarships Available

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When a students clicks a college from their results, they see a detailed description of the college, including scholarships they matched at that school.

College Detail

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Students can compare colleges and their own profile side by side.

(This can also help determine why certain colleges did not appear in their college search results.)

Compare Colleges

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FastWeb’sAdditional Features

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Internship and part-time job results are automatically matched to students when they complete any search.

• Part-time jobs matches are based proximity to student’s home address.

• Internships are based on student’s major and interest.

Part-time Jobs & Internships

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The “My FastWeb” tab allows students to manage all of their opportunities in one place.

My FastWeb

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Scholarship deadlines

View Deadlines

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College deadlines

View Deadlines

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Internship and part-time job deadlines

View Deadlines

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Students also have a custom to-do list based on their year in school and current time of year.

Customized To-Do Lists

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They can view all of their favorite scholarships, colleges, jobs and internships in the “My Favorites” tab.

“My Favorites”

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FastWeb has hundreds of articles about nearly everything having to do with preparing for college and being in college.

FastWeb Resources

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This is an article.From here students can mark it as a favorite, email an article or set a note.

Email Articles

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In addition to the online results, students also receive email updates of new awards, email deadline reminders and custom newsletters.

Newsletters & Notifications

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Tips for Students

Maximize Matches • Complete all the questions on the search.• Review all possible answers for each

question.

Check your current information • Ensure your results match you.• Have you changed majors or intended

school?• Is your current year in school updated?

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This presentation was created by FastWeb

Students complete a free Scholarship Search visit www.fastweb.com

Educators find helpful resources, how-tos, and articles for your students visit www.fastweb.com/educator

If you have any questions or comments about this presentation, please contact the Member Services Department at 1-800-FASTWEB(327-8932) ext. 3

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