I have applied for several scholarships through fastweb.  I never thought I would actually win one though, until I did.  My senior year of high school I applied for the Best Buy International Community Service Scholarship, and I won.  It was an international scholarship, open to seniors across the United States, and they chose a winner from each state.  They then took the top three from the United States and granted them a larger award.  Now going on my junior year in college, I still use fastweb and apply for scholarships often.

Hello Everyone,

I have never won a scholarship through fastweb, but im looking forward to it.

I won several scholarships that I found through this site.

Burger King Scholarship $1000

Sam Walton Community Scholarship $3000

1 local scholarship $1000

Elks Scholarship $1000

I found and won lots of other scholarships that were never on here though.  This site helped me a TON:  http://www.how2winscholarships.com

I applied for one, took only about 15 minutes because I'd already had everything written out for other apps & had letter of recommendation on hand & everything. I won the NELA Take Aim Transfer scholarship - $2000!

I put MANY hours into scholarship apps, had 6 different letters of recommendations on hand (ask each writer for 5 copies, review scholarship rules for ideas of what the letters should cover.)

I was a poor single mom with a high GPA and heavy community involvement, so I knew I was pretty marketable (I've since remarried, therefore have a higher income & have less "financial need".) I was graduating with an A.A.S. and looking to transfer to a 4-year school.

I gathered fliers from the community college FA office and made a spreadsheet showing their deadlines, how many letters or rec. were required and from whom (academic? personal?) and if essays were required. I worked on the apps through all of winter quarter, and of course completed my FAFSA in February. Out of all my apps, I had a about a 40% success rate (average for grant applications in general is about 10%.) While the community college's FA office was my primary source for scholarships, FastWeb was my second source. I also checked the local 4 year school websites' Financial Aid pages.

It is hard work applying, but it is worth it. I've had all but my last quarter of my Bachelor's degree paid for through fed/state aid & scholarships.

Read a little about writing successful grant proposals & scholarship essays; it's pretty much the same thing. After you've done a couple it gets easier. Do it. Your pocketbook (and your parents) will thank you.