Those pesky discounts for people with .edu email addresses! Wish I had one!
Some may call me cheap, I call myself frugal/thrifty. Who am I kidding, I'm cheap. One thing I noticed is the price of many exams are substantially cheaper (by half or more in some cases) if you can prove you have a .edu email address. I've been out of college 11 years. My .edu email is gone, it has been for a long time. I Googled everything about how to obtain me a .edu and some of the stuff I found was amazing. For $3 you can get yourself a legit .edu email address alias that really works (trust me) however using it for discounts on certs is most certainly a violation of the TOS and potentially could cause you to lose the cert if caught if I had to guess. Why risk it?
So I started poking around at my alumni website to see what they had to offer if anything. Well, crap. They offer a LIFETIME .edu email for all alumni. One quick phone call and I had my .edu email set back up from 11 years ago and I was off to the races. Just signed up for my first cert at half price.
Who know's what else I missed out on over the years. What a dope.
Carry on.
So I started poking around at my alumni website to see what they had to offer if anything. Well, crap. They offer a LIFETIME .edu email for all alumni. One quick phone call and I had my .edu email set back up from 11 years ago and I was off to the races. Just signed up for my first cert at half price.
Who know's what else I missed out on over the years. What a dope.
Carry on.
[2018] - A+ 901 (PASS), A+ 902 (PASS), Project+ (PASS), Security+ (PASS), Network+(PASS), CySA, Cloud+
[2018] - MBA - IT Management - WGU (PASS)
HR: “What if we train them and they leave?”
ME: “What if we don’t train them and they stay?”
[2018] - MBA - IT Management - WGU (PASS)
HR: “What if we train them and they leave?”
ME: “What if we don’t train them and they stay?”
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$3 gets you a .edu email. No joke. In the end, I saved the $3 and got one for free. See, I'm cheap. That $3 covers the next 3 days of coffee.
[2018] - MBA - IT Management - WGU (PASS)
HR: “What if we train them and they leave?”
ME: “What if we don’t train them and they stay?”
Legit LOL!
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I can't wait to see what else I can use it for.
[2018] - MBA - IT Management - WGU (PASS)
HR: “What if we train them and they leave?”
ME: “What if we don’t train them and they stay?”
I was buying a Mircrosoft voucher about two weeks ago and stumbled upon a student discount. I just needed to verify my Microsoft Account. I entered the information, confirmed on my student email with the link, then BAM the voucher price went down. I still failed the exam but the thrill was worth the experience and loss of funds. Thanks Microsoft!
You can get MS office suite for $10.
*shrug* I haven't taken a MS or EC-Council exam since college where they paid for the certs so it's not like I'm using it for that anyways. 50% off Amazon Prime however....
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That's what i mean. There's tons of other non-cert related stuff a .edu comes in handy for.
[2018] - MBA - IT Management - WGU (PASS)
HR: “What if we train them and they leave?”
ME: “What if we don’t train them and they stay?”
The ones I have used mine for:
1. Amazon Prime (50% off)
2. MS Exams (think they're 40-50% cheaper)
3. Free Juniper training (https://learningportal.juniper.net/juniper/user_activity_info.aspx?id=10175)
4. Azure for students (https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/education/)
Awesome idea. Where should we put it?
[2018] - MBA - IT Management - WGU (PASS)
HR: “What if we train them and they leave?”
ME: “What if we don’t train them and they stay?”
I'm not sure, maybe we could see if we can get a sticky on the forum page? Not sure the process. Does anyone know?
Spotify with Hulu
Microsoft
VMWare
Lots of AV products
Adobe
Cell providers
Apple, Dell, HP, etc.
Sam's Club
Insurance companies if you're young enough (I think)
Car companies
Also some retail places will give you a student discount with an ID card or online with your .edu.
OR
some kind of sticky for a discount on cert exams
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