Will Microsoft Ask Me to Provide Proof of Being a Student?

Question

Here's the details...
I'm in High school right now, but I will graduate next year. I take dual credit classes through my school. (Classes that count as high school credit and college credit through the local community college) Because of these dual credit classes, I'm also registered as a student at the local community college and have an .edu email. So know I can get the discount but...
This is my main question...
Will Microsoft ask me for my current courses to verify that i am a student?

Answer 1

To buy the student discounted versions, you enter your email address and it MUST be an email address that ends with .EDU. Once you enter it, Microsoft will verify if that particular university/college is in their discount program. If they are, then you will get an email from Microsoft with additional information for purchasing it. The email will have a direct link to the student discount store and then you will go into the online studen store and buy your product.



And no they don't ask for course information. They only verify that your school is part of their discount program (not all schools participate)



Just go here and type in your email address to begin the process to see if your school is a participant:



http://www.microsoft.com/student/en/us/default.aspx#discounts

Answer 2

Microsoft Store Student Verification

Answer 3

You can say they are worthless. Some degrees are (to a degree). But what a degree says to an employer is.. 1. You are smart. A college graduate are able to use their brains or have some brains. Anyone can pass high school. 2. You are willing to work. 3. You have be taught/train by professionals in your field. The third one pretty much strikes you. I mean, sure you are knowledgeable and you can teach yourself, but employers wants proof that you are trained and skill in what you want to do. A joe off the streets can say.. "yeah man, I got As in HS in my computer classes and I go to the library and read tech books all day. I'm good" compare that to a college graduate in computer science from any university that can say "yeah man, I got a 3.5 GPA in college. I went to this college and was taught by these professors who have PhD in their areas." which sounds better? Big companies like the ones you listed rather take risk with a new college grad than some joe that claims he is good. Internships are hard to come by, especially paid ones. You have to look around ads or look up specific companies around your areas and contact their HR departments to see if they are taking interns. What I heard some people do is getting those low level jobs that do not require degrees then working their way to the top. Once they hit certain positions that require degrees, companies will send them to get an education free of cost.

Answer 4

Well, it depends really.



Like said in previous answers, they have the right.



But sense you have an .edu email address, you probably don't have anything to worry about...



But here's my question:



Why does it matter if you can prove your a student anyway :)?



Oh well...

Answer 5

Probably not... but, they have the right to ask for proof, usually the only thing that they care about is the fact that you have a valid email address with the domain being .edu

Answer 6

For most educational software programs you just need a .edu email address