FastWeb Guide

FastWeb is a search site that matches the information you enter in your user profile to scholarship, college, internship and part-time job opportunities. You may use the information that FastWeb provides to apply for scholarships, discover prospective colleges, explore internship possibilities or learn about part-time jobs in your area.

FastWeb is available to you free thanks to our sponsors and the continued participation of your university. Let them know you use FastWeb! There is also no charge to apply for any of the awards listed on FastWeb.

You can update information in your profile by clicking on "Update Profile," located at the top of nearly every page in FastWeb. You can quickly change the most important information in your profile by clicking "Edit" at the bottom of the "Profile Summary" box on the left. Updating your profile summary will automatically update these sections in your overall profile. Once you have changed your profile information, FastWeb will perform a new search based on the updated information you provide.

Information in the "Profile Summary" is the most important information in your profile. You may quickly edit information in the "Profile Summary" using the button provided. The changes you make will automatically update in your general student profile. Once you have changed your profile information, FastWeb will perform a new search based on the updated information you provide.

Email notifications you may receive from FastWeb include:

• Alerts about new scholarships
• Monthly and special edition newsletters
• Part-time jobs/internships in your area
• Recruiting colleges
• FastWeb sponsors

To stop receiving any of these emails, you can go to the "Privacy Preferences" page in the Help Center and select "No" to the email notifications you no longer wish to receive.

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Not directly. While FastWeb provides a free scholarship search, we do not administer the scholarships that are listed on the site. To apply for a scholarship, you must contact the award's sponsor. Scholarship applications are not available directly from FastWeb. In most cases, you can find a link to the award sponsor's Web site on the "Scholarship Detail" page. You should be able to find more detailed information about the sponsor's preferred application method on the sponsor's site.

FastWeb offers several features to help you organize your scholarship results. These tools include:

• Calendar: The "Calendar" feature allows you to organize scholarships by date. Information you add to this calendar need not be related to scholarships or colleges. You can also select to have a reminder email sent from your calendar.


• Favorites: The "Favorites" feature allows you to separate and label scholarships that interest you the most. You can label a scholarship as a "Favorite" by checking the box to the left of the scholarship name on the "Scholarship Search Results" page and clicking "Add checked to favorites." You may also select a scholarship as a "Favorite" on the "Scholarship Detail" page. To do so, click the "Fav" icon. A heart will appear in the "Status" column of the "Results" page. Your favorite awards will also be listed on the "Favorites" page.


• Discard: The "Discard" feature allows you to remove scholarships from the "Search Results" page that do not interest you. Discarded scholarships will be moved to the "Discarded" page.


• Reminders: The "Reminders" feature allows you to set a reminder for yourself for scholarships. An email reminder notification will be sent to you on the date that you set.


• Notes: The "Notes" feature allows you to add additional, personalized information to scholarships on the bottom of the "Scholarship Details" page. Once a note is added, a "Note" icon will appear on the "Scholarship Results" page. You may also add or edit a note by clicking on the icon in the "Note" column.


• Email-A-Friend: The "Email" feature allows you to send a friend information about a scholarship. You can email this information by clicking on the "Email" icon at the top of the "Scholarship Detail" pages.

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No. FastWeb provides a free college search, but we are not involved with the application process. To apply for a college, you must contact the college's admissions office. You will find links to the college Web site on the "College Detail" page. Information about applications will be available on the college's Web site.

FastWeb offers several features to help you organize your college search results. These tools include:

• Calendar: The Calendar feature allows you to organize your college information by date. Information you add to this calendar need not be related to scholarships or colleges. You can also select to have a reminder email sent from your calendar.


• Favorites: The "Favorites" feature allows you to separate and label colleges that interest you the most. You can label a college as a "Favorite" by checking the box to the left of the college name on the "College Search Results" page and clicking "Add checked to favorites." You may also select a college as a "Favorite" on the "College Detail" page. To do so, click the "Fav" icon. A heart will appear in the "Status" column of the "Results" page. Your favorite awards will also be listed on the "Favorites" page.


• Discard: The "Discard" feature allows you to remove scholarships and colleges that do not interest you from the Search Results page. Discarded scholarships and colleges will be moved to the "Discarded" page.


• Reminders: The "Reminder" feature allows you to set a reminder for yourself for colleges. An email reminder notification will be sent to you on the date that you set.


• Notes: The "Notes" feature allows you to add additional, personalized information to colleges on the bottom of the "College Detail" page. Once a note is added, a "Note" icon will appear on the "College Results" page. You may also add or edit a note from this page by clicking on the icon in the "Note" column.


• Email-A-Friend: The "Email" feature allows you to send information to a friend about a college. You can email this information by clicking on the "Email" icon at the top of the "College Detail" pages.

You will be able to move multiple colleges to the "Favorites" or "Discarded" pages by selecting items you wish to move by clicking the box on the left on the "College Results" page and selecting either "Add checked to favorites" or "Discard checked."

The "College Compare" tool allows you to compare information on up to three colleges. You can select colleges to compare from the "College Results" page by checking the box to the left of the colleges you are interested in and clicking on "Compare checked" at the bottom of the page. You can also compare colleges that are not listed on your "College Results" page by entering up to three college names at the top of the page or selecting colleges from a list.

Recruiting schools are colleges that are actively seeking to recruit students like you, based on your profile information. If your profile matches the criteria that a particular college is looking for in a student, you have the opportunity to contact that school to receive more information.

The colleges that appear on your "College Results" page are colleges that may interest you based on the information you provided in your profile.

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You may submit a pre-application for a part-time job or internship listed on your "Job/Internship Results" page by clicking on the company name of the job you're interested in. On the "Job Detail" page, you can complete a pre-application by clicking on "Click now to inquire about this job." Your electronic pre-application will notify an employer know you're interested. That employer will then contact you if they are interested in you as a prospective employee.

Please note that the pre-application is not an application for the position. If an employer is interested in learning more about you, they will contact you for an interview. If you are not contacted by an employer after submitting the pre-application, it is likely that position has already been filled.

FastWeb offers several features to help you organize your part-time job/internship results. These tools include:

• Calendar: The "Calendar" feature allows you to organize information on a calendar. Information you add to this calendar need not be related to part-time job/internship. You can also select to have a reminder email sent from your calendar.


• Favorites: The "Favorites" feature allows you to separate and label part-time jobs and internships that interest you the most. You can label a part-time job or internship as a "Favorite" by checking the box to the left of the job or internship name on the "Job Search Results" page and clicking "Add checked to favorites." You may also select a part-time job or internship as a "Favorite" on the "Job Detail" page. To do so, click the "Fav" icon. A heart will appear in the "Status" column of the "Results" page. Your favorite awards will also be listed on the "Favorites" page.


• Discard: The "Discard" feature allows you to remove part-time jobs and internships from the "Job Results" page that do not interest you. Discarded part-time jobs and internships will be moved to the "Discarded" page.


• Reminders: The "Reminders" feature allows you to set a reminder for yourself for part-time job/internship. An email reminder notification will be sent to you on the date that you set.


• Notes: The "Notes" feature allows you to add additional, personalized information to part-time job/internship on the bottom of the "Job Details" page. Once a note is added, a "Note" icon will appear on the "Job Results" page. You may also add or edit a note from this page by clicking on the icon in the "Note" column.


• Email-A-Friend: The "Email" feature allows you to send information to a friend about a part-time job/internship. You can email this information by clicking on the "Email" icon at the top of the "Job Detail" page.

You will be able to move multiple part-time job/internships to the "Favorites" or "Discarded" pages by selecting items you wish to move by clicking the box on the left on the Results page and selecting either "Add checked to favorites" or "Discard checked."

The part-time jobs/internships that appear on your "Job Results" page are part-time jobs/internships that may interest you based on the information you provided in your profile.

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