college student freebies
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Links to free things people can access with .edu email addresses. Has an emphasis on Yale college, but also true for other schools.TRANSCRIPT
Last Update 8/10/2013Email [email protected] for additions/edits/comments
College Online FreebiesLast Update: 8/10/13
● Access these offers with any .edu email address!● Also see Yale specific freebies (because Yale University paid for them)
○ Free ebooks, streaming classical music, and... survey making software○ Yale’s Databases (JSTOR, etc) accessible via Yale’s VPN
Newest Additions
● 8/10 Cloud Storage Options (at the bottom)● 8/5 Scavenger Hunt + Free T shirt● 7/16 Tennis Tickets, Christina’s Yale Doodles● 6/26 Wolfram Alpha Pro is FREE!!!
Current Time Sensitive Deals: 2013
9/6/13 Tshirt/Scavenger Hunt Get to know New Haven + a tshirt!
8/17/13 Tennis Tickets 25% off New Haven Tennis Open (Tickets) (Thanks Jan-alfred Aquino)
12/31/13 Microsoft Skydrive +3 GB to any account (the current free account offers 7 GB, bringing you to 10 total. This beats out the free storage offered by Dropbox and Sugarsync)
N/A Microsoft Office 365 3 months free + 3 months if you share a status about the service on facebook. Also includes +20 GB to your SkyDrive (+7 from a free account = 27 GB)
Other Resources Already Shared in the Yale Group (Before May 22, 2013)
● Isabella's List (Link has Offline Deals Too, Highlights Below)○ Microsoft Dreamspark Software: Free○ Autodesk Inventor Software: Free (Want to use the Yale 3d printers? Learn this!)○ Adobe Suite (Not free but heavily discounted)○ Amazon Prime : 6 month free trial then 50% off membership
■ Free 2 Day shipping, unlimited streaming video, + other goodies
Last Update 8/10/2013Email [email protected] for additions/edits/comments
■ You will see many college kids posting referral links to win credits○ Prezi (Zooming Presentation Maker): Free!○ +Other misc. hardware/travel/discounts (free food generally requires student ID)
Other Useful things to know● Undergrads get 1 free license of the Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, OneNote)● Graduate Students get unlimited licenses (if you need copies, make friends with them!)
Miscellaneous Web Services/Software deals for Students (that don’t appear to be time sensitive)
● Axure Web Design : FREE● Scrible: Web Page Annotation Software : Premium Account
○ (Great for taking notes on Project Gutenberg Books and online articles)● Free Food at Yale ● Free Apps for making 3d Models (for 3d Printing)● WolframAlpha Pro : FREE (via Jeffrey Guo)● MATLAB (W/ support for Arduino, Lego NXT, Raspberry Pi): $99
Other Free Cloud Storage Options (Besides Skydrive’s temporary deal)
● Dropbox (a lot less space but really good integration with other mobile apps)● 20 GB via Shared.com (referral link?)● 50 GB vs yale.box.net
*Pending migration to Yale17.com by Qingyang Chen*Class of 2017 Groups Links
Expired Deals
Expires Product Notes
5/22/13 Xmind (Mindmapping Software) Mindmapping is a way to organize your thoughts, great for brainstorming. This was the platform Lifehacker’s readers voted as their favorite!
6/09/13 HotSpotShield VPN 1 free year of VPN (Virtual Private Network) which reduces data usage and improves browsing privacy/security! Available for computers and mobile devices.