For the college-bound looking for monetary aid outside of loans, grants or parental contributions, help in finding a scholarship can be as close as your computer. Here are three Web sites designed to aid in your quest for the award that’s right for you.

Fastweb.com has been a leading online tool for finding scholarships for over a decade. The site helps users to compare colleges they’re interested in, as well as get tips for paying for their education. Here’s how it works: after answering some questions, you are given a chance to upload a profile. This helps you to get the most scholarships possible, find the school that’s best for you and find the most helpful opportunities.

You’re also presented with some immediate opportunities for scholarships, jobs and internships. Some of the scholarships may fit the information you gave for your profile, for example: mentioning that you’re interested in a historically black college might get you data for a scholarship specifically for an HBCU school. The amount of the possible award is given along with an application deadline. This is a remarkably simple to use resource for possibly attaining a scholarship.

The Web site collegedegree.com/library/scholarships-anyone-can-get, presents 35 easy ways to obtain scholarships. The first one on the list is the Horatio Alger Association Scholarship and its only requirements are the desire to go to college and a GPA of 2.0. Just follow the links on the site’s home page to learn how to apply for the award. Supercollege.com offers a free scholarship database for your perusal. Help for your educational ambitions is only a few keystrokes away. –forrest green III

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