Hi all,
As many of you have seen, our Student Discount has already been very popular, and we are still working to roll this out to more schools and countries as we develop the program.
In the meantime, here are a few answers to common questions we are seeing!
Please only comment on this thread if your question is not stated below - this thread will be updated as more questions are answered!
1. How do I get the student discount?
To get access to our student discount, which gives you 1 year of Pro for free, you can visit Cursor for Students | Cursor - The AI Code Editor.
On this page, you will be able to verify you educational email address, to get access to the discount.
2. Who is eligible for the student discount?
Currently, to ensure this system is not abused, only certain countries and schools can claim this discount.
We are working hard with our partners to bring this to more students soon!
Note: Please do not request your school to be added to this discount. We are working with our partners to improve this, but requesting your specific school will not change whether it will be eligible for this discount in the future.
3. How do I know if the discount has been successfully applied?
While redeeming the discount, you can confirm the discount is applied when you see the Stripe checkout page, as the total amount should be $0, and the discount should be visible before you check out.
We require a card to be added to your account, even with the discount, to ensure that you are billed for any additional usage outside of the Pro plan’s allowances.
Once redeemed, you can confirm your account is using the student discount, by logged into Settings | Cursor - The AI Code Editor, clicking the Managed Subscription button, and confirming the discount is listed under the See More dropdown under your existing subscription.
4. After redeeming, my plan is shown as a monthly Pro plan.
This is to be expected, as the discount applies as a -$20 monthly discount for 12 months.
Therefore, you will not be charged, even though the plan is shown as monthly.
Note: If you do not cancel your plan at the end of the discounted year, your plan will automatically renew using the attached card to your billing account.
5. I already have a subscription for Cursor!
If you are already a Pro user and redeem this offer, our system will automatically cancel your subscription and issue you a pro-rated refund for the time remaining on your plan, both on monthly and yearly plans.
This discount is not stackable with any others, so please do not redeem this if you already have a discounted plan.
6. I am seeing Invalid Email - what do I do?
This error shows up if you are trying to redeem the discount, using a verified school email address, while not being logged into cursor.com using that same email address.
To avoid abuse of this system, you must use the verified school email address as your cursor.com account address to be able to redeem this discount.
7. My student membership was not successfully verified. (a.k.a Verification Limit Exceeded)
If your school can be found on the list while verifying through SheerID, but you see an error during the verification process, this is likely due to SheerID being unable to verify you are a student.
If your school is on the list, but your verification had failed, please contact SheerID for more assistance with this:
Note: If your school is not on the list, or you have successfully verified your email, but are unable to claim the discount, this is not a SheerID issue, so they will be unable to assist.
8. I started the process, but I don’t know what to do next
To check your verification status, or to continue the verification process, you can visit this site and use the email address input under the header I started the process, I don't know what to do next
9. I successfully verified my student status and applied the discount but I no longer have access to Pro.
We identified a subset of users who bypassed our country restrictions in order to gain access to the student discount. Around 36 hours ago we removed access to Pro for this set of users. If you believe you were removed incorrectly, please reach out to us to resolve your situation.
10. I have received an email saying my plan is being revoked due to abuse?
This email was sent to those who verified their student plan in a country we currently do not support, as some countries have much easier methods of gaining educational email addresses for non-students.
While we want to ensure this discount is not abused, we also do not want to revoke the plan from real students. Therefore, at this time, we have decided to not revoke any plans.
In the coming days, you may receive an email asking you to reverify your account, potentially with additional steps involved to ensure only students are able to get this discount. Please complete this as soon as you can to ensure your plan remains active.
11. I have a question that is not answered above
If you have any further questions about this plan, feel free to comment below, and the team will try to get back to you soon. We will also update this post as more questions are answered.
Alternatively, you can email us at [email protected], but please note that we have seen significant volumes of queries recently, so there may be a long wait for a reply from the team.
