College is always expensive, but thankfully there are donors who are willing to help out students and lift part of their financial burden. Here are a few tools that students use to obtain outside scholarships that are known to work well.

Scholly

Scholly is an app that matches students to outside scholarships to apply for based their applications. The student fills out a survey and answering standard questions such as what year they are in, current GPA, what college they attend, and the total amount of money they are hoping to receive. The next step is picking their interests from a list which will help narrow down the scholarships to one’s that the student is qualified for. Their extensive database connects students to hundreds of scholarships based on their profile which makes it than spending hours on a website browsing through each application. Each scholarship posted has a brief summary of who the donors are and what they are looking for in each application. The scholarships vary from $500 up to $10,000 and there is a tracker for how many days are left until the deadline.

The app is free to download but costs $2.99 to match your profile to scholarships which are a reasonable price if you’re receiving thousands of dollars to help pay for college.

Fastweb

Fastweb.com is another common resource students use to look for scholarships. The database currently has 1.5 million scholarships listed for more than $3.4 billion dollars and screens each one before posting them to ensure they are legitimate. Since the website is free, anyone can apply for a scholarship which is means you have a lower chance of winning. The website is designed for more than just colleges; it also comes with tips on financial aid, college rankings, and career advice to help you in the future.

Cappexx

Cappexx.com is another scholarship database that has more than $11 billion in total scholarships. The website matches the user to scholarships and makes applying straightforward. It goes beyond the other two websites with its revolutionary “What Are My Chances” tool which takes into account the applicant’s GPA and other credentials to tell them the likelihood they will be accepted into a college. This makes it easy to narrow down which colleges you are going to apply to after having a sense of whether or not you would get in.