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Fastweb
Fastweb is one of the oldest free scholarship databases, owned by Iron Corp, for United States students in their mid teens and older. A free account builds a profile based match list from its catalog, with state, major and grade filters. Every award links to its sponsor's own page, and sign-up asks for a full birthday.
Best for: US students who will create a free account and want a long list of national scholarships, giveaways and contests to sort through.
Limitation: Matches often ignore your state and major, giveaways and contests lead the list, and several marketing emails come pre-checked at sign-up.
One of the oldest US scholarship databases still in wide use. Listing count is not quality. Treat every match as a lead until you confirm deadline and eligibility on the official award page.
Our rating
3.2out of 5
What our research found
Matching Power (2.5 / 5)
- Public pages group awards by state, major and honors.
- State pages show short lists without eligibility details.
- No public keyword search or sorting for awards.
Scholarship Quality (4.5 / 5)
- Match listings show a dated deadline and an award amount.
- Sponsor links worked; one went to a generic page.
Ease of Use (3.5 / 5)
- Each match opens amount, deadline and Apply in one tap.
- On phones, a tour popup interrupts and icons are small.
Privacy & Marketing (2.5 / 5)
- Sign-up asks only birthday, ZIP code and email.
- Four marketing email boxes come pre-checked.
- Ad rows, including a savings-account ad, sit inside the match list.
- A Delete My Account link exists in account settings.
How we rate
Matching Power
How well it helps you find the scholarships it lists, by filtering on location, need, merit, major, college and high school.
A 5 means you can narrow the list by where you live, need, merit, major, college or high school, and a big site brings the best fits to the top. A 1 means little or no way to narrow, and in the middle some filters work but many results still do not fit.
Scholarship Quality
How complete, current and traceable its scholarship listings are.
A 5 means nearly every listing is current, links to the real sponsor and gives enough detail to act on. A 1 means most are out of date, incomplete or do not lead to the sponsor, and in the middle you will need to double check a fair share.
Ease of Use
How easily you can understand the controls and reach actionable scholarship information.
A 5 means clear controls and a quick path from the list to a scholarship and its sponsor, including on a phone. A 1 means walls, confusing steps or a broken phone view keep getting in the way, and the middle is workable with some tradeoffs.
Privacy & Marketing
What data it asks for, how much advertising or sign-up pressure gets in the way, and how much control you have.
A 5 means the site asks only for what it needs, says why, keeps ads and partner offers out of the way and leaves you in control. A 1 means heavy data requests, sign-up pressure, loan offers or sweepstakes get in the way, and the middle has some of that pressure but it stays manageable.
Our ratings are our opinion of each site, not an endorsement or a prediction that you'll win.