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Academic Verification

Who is eligible to purchase products from thinkEDU?

While some of our products are available to everyone, most of the products are specifically for students (full time or part time) enrolled in a degree granting program at an accredited college or K12 school, and full or part time faculty and staff. Every product page indicates who is eligible to purchase that product.

So how do you know I am who I say I am?

Because this isn't our first rodeo, as much as we would like to take your word, we can't. You can blame those weasels that told us they were Harvard students and it turned out that they were in their 60's and working for a fortune 500 company. That said, since most of the products we offer on our eStore have education discounts, we have to make sure you are indeed enrolled or employed at an accredited college or school. We have easy ways for you to do this:

During checkout, we will be using our online verification system to try to verify your academic status. If successful, you will receive an email that tells you we were able to verify you and your order will ship. If we were unable to verify you, you will receive an email with instructions on how to upload your academic verification. Be sure to check your spam/junk folder if you do not receive the email from us.

If you don't have the ability to upload your academic verification (making it into a file), you can fax it to us at 978-832-1065 (for fastest service, please include your order number). For products requiring academic verification, we need the verification prior to us shipping the product. (Tip: Use you iPhone and take a picture of your ID, class schedule, etc. and you can upload it to us!)

NOTE: If the product SKU (part number) ends in "X" no ID is required. If the product SKU (part number) ends in "A" we do not need your ID to process your order, but you will need to provide your academic verification when you load or register your software. Product SKU's ending with the letter "A" are not returnable.

What is acceptable proof of academic eligibility?

You will need to submit one of the following documents:

College Students:

FREE Instant Online Verification (done online after checkout)

Current Student ID Card

Current Class Schedule

Registration Receipt for the current semester

Letter of Enrollment on School Letterhead

K12 Students:

Recent Report Card

Dated Student ID Card

Current Class Schedule

Registration Receipt for current school year

Registration Receipt for the current semester

Letter of Enrollment on School Letterhead

Teachers, Faculty, Staff:

Link to your educator listing on your school website

Dated School ID Card

Letter of Employment on school letterhead

Recent Pay Stub (feel free to mark out confidential information)

Home School Students:

Membership ID in a Home School Association

Receipt for Home School Curriculum

I'm just ordering a book. Do I need to send you academic verification?

Great question! No you do not!! Many of our products such as books and hardware do not require any academic verification and is available to everyone to buy. Even some software products do not require academic verification. Aside from this being mentioned on the product ("No academic ID required"), every product that we offer that does not require academic verification has an "X" at the end of the SKU (product number).