Scholarships

Scholarship Winner Explains How to Win in 2023

Our most recent Fastweb Sweeps winner shares her scholarship search and application tips.

Shawna Newman

January 06, 2023

Congratulations on your scholarship win, Natalia!!
Beginning in November 2022, Fastweb celebrated National Scholarship month with a $1,000 scholarship sweepstakes opportunity. For a month, Fastweb users were encouraged to increase the number of scholarships they applied for by evaluating their monthly scholarship application goals. Entering the sweepstakes daily and answering a simple multiple-choice question is one-way students can level-up their scholarship application goals. Fastweb is proud to introduce the National Scholarship Month Sweepstakes contest winner, Natalia Nieves. A current high school senior at Morris Catholic, she calls Succasunna, New Jersey home.

Student Shares to How Win Scholarships

A wise person learns from those who are on or have been on a similar journey. We asked Natalia a few questions about her scholarship experiences, and we believe students could benefit from her wise advice. Let’s hear how she used Fastweb’s latest sweepstakes to earn money to pay for college: Why did you apply for this scholarship? Natalia: To help with college expenses.
How did you stay motivated to apply for the National Scholarship Month Sweepstakes? Natalia: I am determined to use all the resources possible to make my college education as affordable as possible. What scholarship advice do you have for other students/Fastweb members? Natalia: Keep searching for scholarships and keep applying. There is something out there for everyone. Best of luck to you!
Why should students use Fastweb? Natalia: It is easy to use and filled with tons of great resources.

More Ways to Win Scholarships

Fastweb is on a mission to make paying for college less of a burden for students and their families. To ensure students and parents know about Fastweb’s National Scholarship Database, Fastweb offers a monthly Invite-a-Friend Sweepstakes scholarship opportunity.

May 2023 Fastweb Invite a Friend Sweepstakes

The Fastweb Invite a Friend Sweepstakes is open to registered Fastweb members who are legal residents of the 50 United States and the District of Columbia, and who are at least sixteen (16) years of age. You must log into your Fastweb account to obtain your personal referral link. For each person who registers for Fastweb via your personal referral link during the Promotion Period, you and your referral will be entered as a pair into the monthly drawing. Deadline: 5/31/23 Award Amount: $500 Fastweb alone awarded 15+ users with scholarship money to help them pay for college in 2022. But, for nearly 30 years we’ve helped millions of students find scholarships they should apply for. Hear from scholarship winners that have reached out to share their stories. Stay tuned for more easy-enter scholarship sweepstakes in the future, too! Previous winners have also shared some great tips to win scholarships: Jasmin Little, Fastweb’s $1,000 Scholarship Goal Crusher Sweepstakes winner said, “The best-underrated advice is to keep track of how many scholarships you enter. I have a spreadsheet with one column for deadlines, another for the link, and ones that give the requirements (word count for an essay, letter of recommendation, etc.) This helps me know which deadlines are coming up compared to the effort required for entry.” Therese Loise Dy, Fastweb’s August 2021 $1,000 Scholarship Success Sweepstakes winner said, “I recommend applying to at least four scholarships per month, one for each week. Four may not seem like a lot, but that is four more than you would have had compared to if you started searching closer to the end of the month and applied last minute!”

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Shawna Newman

Managing Editor, Contributing Writer

Shawna Newman is the Managing Editor and a writer at Fastweb. She has over 10 years of experience in higher education. Her direct work with college admissions teams, financial aid officers, college deans, ...