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Enter the $1,500 Scholarship Era Sweepstakes (Fastweb's Version)

Learn how a simple goal and quick, daily entries can lead you to a $1,500 scholarship win! Bonus, find the 13 hidden "Easter eggs" throughout this article.

Shawna Newman

May 14, 2024

What's your scholarship application goal?
The beauty of life is that it brings us a variety of seasons and each one hits different. Some periods are a bit more demanding, others are thrilling, and a few are bittersweet, even delicate. But at each phase, you have access to opportunity. JUMP TO ENTER THE $1,500 SCHOLARSHIP ERA SWEEPSTAKES As a student, you're likely to experience multiple Eras simultaneously: Junior Year Era, Homework Era, Senior Year Era, Finals Era, College Student Era, Summer Era, Grad Student Era, Internship Era...the list has no limits! You've got a lot going on at any moment.

Are you ready for it?

We know all too well that you're ready for your scholarship season (you ARE on the best scholarship site there is)! We've created an opportunity to help you make the whole place shimmer AND win money to pay for school: Fastweb's $1,500 Scholarship Era Sweepstakes. To make any era remarkable, you've got to put in the work. The secret to scholarship success— AKA scholarship wins—is determination. Start your Scholarship Era off right by establishing your very own scholarship-application goal to reach your end game. To help your wildest dreams become a reality, we designed a $1,500 scholarship opportunity to motivate you to apply for scholarships...

Fastweb's $1,500 Scholarship Era Sweepstakes

Deadline: 6/18/24
Available to: Students, Minimum Age of 16
Award Amount: $1,500 You're in your Scholarship Era—it's time to let your scholarship-applying skills shine, shine, shine. The effort you put in today shapes your future. A winner will be selected and notified via email on approximately June 19, 2024. Be sure to check your email regularly.

How to Enter

Here is how to enter the Scholarship Era Sweepstakes for your chance to win a $1,500 scholarship:

  1. Be a Fastweb member.
  2. If you're not a Fastweb member, you're missing out on scholarship matches that fit YOU. A Fastweb profile is FREE!

  3. Answer the multiple-choice question, What's your monthly scholarship application goal?

  4. There is NO WRONG ANSWER, so don't leave a blank space. Simply let us know what you will commit to.

  5. Submit your entry.
  6. You have more than a fortnight to enter, so set daily reminders on your phone to apply each day the sweepstakes is running!
Whether you are a high school student working to get into your dream college or trade school, or a college student working toward your degree, it is important to consider how you will pay for your education. Reduce or eliminate any student debt with scholarships. Unlike student loans, you do not have to pay back scholarships!

Scholarship Winners Share Tips

Dear Reader, check out the tips from real scholarship winners below and put them into practice. These worked, after all! Set an easy goal. $2,024 Scholarship Success Sweepstakes winner shares: "I stayed motivated to apply for the Scholarship Success Sweepstakes by setting a goal to log into the Fastweb platform every day. It was a measurable, realistic, and, honestly, extremely easy goal that I knew I could accomplish if I practiced discipline daily." Check your email! Summer 2023 Scholarship Success Sweepstakes winner shares: "Keep applying, pay attention to deadlines and CHECK YOUR EMAIL! Apply. Apply. Apply. You literally have nothing to lose. The answer is always no if you don't apply. Sometimes, it is yes when you do!" Create a reminder on your phone to apply for scholarships. $1,000 Scholarship Goal Crusher Sweepstakes winner shares: "I have a daily goal to either identify a scholarship I want to apply for or to make progress on one (for example, writing 150 more words on an essay). I also had a daily reminder on my phone to help out." To win scholarships, you have to apply for them! $1,000 Own Your Scholarship Journey Sweepstakes winner shares: "Apply, apply, apply! A scholarship you don't apply for is like throwing away money. Spending just a little bit of time on a scholarship [application] will save you hours of working for that money in the future." Stay consistent when applying for scholarships. Our first $1,000 Scholarship Success Sweepstakes winner, Therese Loise Dy said, "When I saw [Fastweb] had their own [scholarship] that let you apply with one entry a day, I knew that this was something I wanted to keep consistent with!" Consider applying for two scholarships per week. Keep it simple to reach your goal. These quick and easy scholarships are a great start. You're the only one of you, so provide as many details as possible when creating your free Fastweb profile. This helps our algorithm sort through the scholarship database and pull the unique scholarship opportunities you're a perfect candidate for. Don't forget to update your profile after each semester, too. The below scholarship lists are tailored to specific student eras: Scholarships for High School Juniors Scholarships for High School Seniors Scholarships for College Students Scholarships for Graduate Students

Article co-authored, and Easter-egg enhanced by Kathryn Knight Randolph

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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, ...