CHICAGO, Jan. 5, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- As 2016 begins,
Fastweb (www.fastweb.com), the leading website for scholarship and
financial aid information and a member of the Monster.com network,
recommends two significant actions students should take in the new
year as they focus on paying for school.
Apply for Scholarships: The new year presents exciting
scholarship opportunities for all students to find more ways to pay
for school. In Fastweb's 2016 Scholarships article, they have shown
several of the many valuable opportunities open now. High School
focused scholarships such as the Toshiba/NSTA ExploraVision
Science Competition with awards between $5,000 and $10,000 and the Optimist International
Oratorical Contest with an award of $2,500 are excellent examples. Graduate
opportunities, such as the Swann Foundation Fellowship award of
$15,000, are also available and open
now. Students should apply now for scholarships that match their
interest and academic goals.
"The new year is the time for students to focus on ways to pay
for school and achieve their educational goals, finding and
applying to scholarship opportunities is an important part of any
plan," states Mark Nelson, Managing
Director of Fastweb. He adds, "New opportunities are identified and
added to our industry leading scholarship database on an ongoing
basis, so students can benefit all year long."
Complete the FAFSA: The FAFSA (free application
for federal student aid) application for 2016-17, opened on
January 1st. Students
should fill out the application as early as possible to initiate
the federal student aid process. More information about the FAFSA
is available at Fastweb's Everything FAFSA page. Significant
changes are also coming to the 2017-18 FAFSA, learn more with
Fastweb's outline, 2017-18 FAFSA Changes: What Prior-Prior Year
(PPY) Means for You.
Get more information on scholarship opportunities and the FAFSA
on Fastweb.com. All resources are available online and always at no
charge.
About Fastweb
Fastweb, a top site in the Monster Worldwide (NYSE:MWW) network,
is the nation's recognized leader in helping students pay for
school, by providing scholarship and financial aid information, as
well as information on jobs and internships. One out of three
college-bound seniors use the site, and more than 50 million users
have benefitted from Fastweb's information and services. Fastweb
lets students create personalized profiles that can be matched
against its expansive databases of colleges and scholarships. As
the oldest and most popular free online scholarship matching
service, the database has more than 1.5 million scholarships
totaling over $3.4 billion. To learn
more about Fastweb, visit www.fastweb.com and follow Fastweb on
social media for the latest on paying for school all year long:
Twitter (at @PayingForSchool); Facebook; Pinterest; Google+.
About Monster Worldwide
Monster Worldwide, Inc. (NYSE: MWW) is a global leader in
connecting people to jobs, wherever they are. For more than 20
years, Monster has helped people improve their lives with better
jobs, and employers find the best talent. Today, the company offers
services in more than 40 countries, providing some of the
broadest, most sophisticated job seeking, career management,
recruitment and talent management capabilities. Monster continues
its pioneering work of transforming the recruiting industry with
advanced technology using intelligent digital, social and mobile
solutions, including our flagship website monster.com®
and a vast array of products and services. For more information
visit monster.com/about.
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