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Free(ish) Software You Can Get as a Student

Github Copilot Pro​

Make sure you use your shiny new .edu address for Github Copilot! Apply here. It will take them some time (2-3 days) to verify your student email. Note that you can associate your CUMC email with an existing Github account too. They'll verify your student status every month.

Once you get an email about activation, go here to sign up for Copilot Pro1.


Note on ChatGPT

You don't get a discount on ChatGPT Plus with your .edu email. Altman's got a lot on his mind and is not in a charitable mood.

Microsoft Office​

Download it and sign in with your_UNI@adcu.columbia.edu.

Other Stuff​

  • Here's the page for Adobe products. You won't be paying too much but it's still a subscription and is still greedy garbage. If you're on a Mac and need Photoshop, consider something like Acorn or Pixelmator Pro.

  • Pertinent Slack channels are dbmiglobal.slack.com and dbmi-students.slack.com. Sign in with your cumc.columbia.edu email after you've been added.

  • There's this iGrad stuff that's free that provides you a bunch of lessons on all sorts of money management stuff they really ought to teach you in high school: credit scores, debt, 529s, saving for retirement, etc. I wondered how they'd sell my 'feelings' about my finances later (or just get hacked) so didn't sign up.

Footnotes​

  1. Here's the relevant discussion thread on Github. ↩