- FastWeb
FastWeb is a free online scholarship matching service and college search service founded by Internet pioneer
Larry Organ [ [http://www.fastweb.com/fastweb/about/index FastWeb: About Us ] ] in 1995. The company was one of the first 100 commercial websites in the United States. FastWEB is an acronym for (F)inancial (A)id (S)earch (T)hrough the (WEB). FastWeb is recommended by more than 15,000 high schools and 3,500 colleges. [http://www.consumerbase.com/board.asp] Last year, one out of three college-bound high school seniors used the site, and more than 35 million students have created FastWeb accounts since launching in 1995.Students submit a detailed profile to the site, which then matches the profile against a scholarship database that lists more than 1.5 million awards worth more than $3.4 billion. The scholarship database is updated daily, and the site automatically notifies the student when a new award is added that matches the student's profile.
The typical high school senior will match more than 100 awards. Students who submit a more complete profile will match significantly more awards than students who answer none of the optional questions.
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July 12 2001 ,Monster Worldwide , which also owns other well-known websites such asFinAid.com ,Military.com andTickle.com , announced that it had acquired FastWeb in its furthering campaign in reaching into higher education oriented sites. [ [http://chronicle.com/free/2001/07/2001071302t.htm The Chronicle: Daily news: 07/13/2001 - 02 ] ]On
May 2 2006 ,Monster Worldwide , announced that it had acquired PWP, LLC [ [http://www.bizjournals.com/boston/stories/2006/05/08/daily29.html Boston Business Journal: 05/10/2006] ] , which managed a network of education directory websites, including ArtSchools.com, BusinessSchools.com and hundreds of others [ [http://www.allschools.com/ AllSchools.com] ] . This acquisition was folded into the educational directories initiative at its FastWeb subsidiary, and became the larger part of the Monster Learning Network.References
External links
* [http://www.fastweb.com/ FastWeb homepage]
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