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Student Membership

How do I verify my student status so my ADC Student Membership can be activated?

After you purchase an ADC Student Membership and receive an Activation Code via email, you must verify your student status before ADC will activate your product. The verification steps are:

1. Visit the ADC Member Site to confirm that you are a student in your ADC Profile. After you click the Student Status checkbox, you must also provide your student ID number and school name.
2. Proceed to the Activations area in the ADC Member Site and use the Code you received via email to start the Activation process.
3. Fax a copy of your passport or other official identification (such as a driver's license or student identification) along with a current or upcoming course schedule or other official proof of enrollment from your college/university.

• North America: 1-408-974-7683
• Europe: 44 (0) 131-458-6988
• Australia: 61 2-8223-9347
• Hong Kong: 800-908-212
• Japan: 81-3-3570-8075
• Singapore: 1-800-2775-3248

Your Student Membership will not be considered Active and you will not receive any Student member benefits until your verification fax is received by ADC. If you need assistance, or a local fax number is not available in the list below, please contact ADC.

Note that the ADC Student Membership does not include code-level technical support, access to pre-release software, or use of the ADC Compatibility Labs and students may not be transferred these benefits by others. If your development requires such benefits, please consider purchasing an ADC Select Membership instead.

Does the ADC Student Membership allow access to pre-release software, Developer Technical Support, the ADC Compatibility Labs or the ADC Monthly Mailing?

The ADC Student Membership does NOT include access to the ADC Software Seeding Program, Developer Technical Support, or the ADC Compatibility Labs. It includes a sampling of the Developer CD series in the ADC Student Mailing. If you would like to take advantage of these additional benefits, you may want to consider joining the ADC Select Membership which may better suit your needs. Technical support Incidents are available to purchase for any ADC member: Online (free), Student, Select, or Premier.

I'm a high school student who already has a background in Macintosh programming. Will I be able to join the ADC Student Program?

Although we recognize there are many great future developers at the high school level, we are only able to provide the ADC Student Membership to college and university level students at this time. Please note you must also be at least 18 years of age to join the Student Membership. We have many community resources available for all student developers that do not require membership.

I am a college student, but I am not yet 18 years of age. Can I still join the ADC Student Membership?

You are required to be at least 18 years of age to join the ADC Student Membership and to agree to the ADC Terms and Conditions. We have many community resources available for all student developers that do not require membership.

What is a student identification number? Where do I get it?

This is a unique number that your college, university, or education institution issues to you to identify you as a student. Typically, this is given in the form of a Student Identification Card with your picture. If your school does not issue student identification numbers, you may use an alternative form of identification such as a driver's license number, passport number, or your local (government) identification card/number. You will still be required to show proof of enrollment in a college or university.

Do you have any programs designed for faculty or staff?

The ADC Student Membership is available only to students, and at this time, we do not have any specific memberships geared towards faculty and staff of higher education institutions. University faculty and staff may join the free ADC Online membership to download Xcode Tools and other software and documentation available to Online members. University faculty and staff who are also doing professional development work should consider joining the ADC Select Membership.

What are the guidelines for posting or participating in the Student Email List?

• In order to keep order on the list, please preface the subject lines of your messages with indicators telling them what kind of message it is.
  • [adcgen] should be used for general discussion items
  • [adctech] should be used for technical discussion items
  • [adcadmin] should be used for administrative items
• When asking a question, be sure to be clear and complete. A good way to structure your message is to have a paragraph stating the general issue at the top and go into more detail further down.
• When replying, please edit the original messages. Remove old headers and sigs, also try and leave in only the parts of the messages that are relevant. All messages are archived, so if someone really wants to read an original message, they can check out the archives.
• After asking a question, please summarize all the responses you get and write to the list what you learned. This way everyone can share in the information without wading through the emails.
• Please do not post software as many students are on dial-up connections and may pay by the megabyte to download. If you have software or code you want to share with others on the list, please set up your own web page and refer to it in a post to the group. Feel free to paste in small pieces of code to your message, but do not attach files.
• Do not discuss or post any information that Apple has not made public via its web site, a press release or other form of official public communication.

What is the once-per-lifetime student hardware discount?

ADC Student Members may be eligible to receive a once-per-lifetime discount on a single system to be used only for development purposes. For instructions on how to obtain your discount, please refer to the ADC Student Hardware Discount page. Make sure you follow the instructions exactly.

As an Apple Developer Connection (ADC) Member, you agree to the terms of the Hardware Purchase Agreement Terms and Conditions (pdf) when you order through the ADC Hardware Purchase Program. If you do not agree to these terms, please do not order through the ADC Hardware Purchase Program. Please note that an ADC Student Member will receive only one discount in his or her lifetime as a Student Member. This restriction will continue through multiple Student memberships, Student membership renewals, or new Student memberships purchased. You will not be able to utilize a discount more than once as a Student Member, even if you create a different ADC account with a new ADC member number.

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