Is Apple education pricing only for university, not HS, students?
I'm not in university, but I am in high school.
Is this enough to qualify for the educational discounts that Apple offers?
Solution 1:
Staff of all grade levels, from kindergarten through post doctoral candidates are now eligible for Education discounts direct from Apple.
Additionally, parents, staff and students at the collegiate level qualify for the EDU discount.
- https://www.apple.com/us-hed/shop/browse/open/salespolicies/edu
Apple Education Pricing
Available to current and newly accepted college students and their parents, as well as faculty, staff, and homeschool teachers of all grade levels. 4
In the past, the discount was widely available to K-12 and you can see results below to reflect that past discount.
On the Apple Store for Eduction, you can find your educational institution so you can shop with your discount. Using "New York, NY" as the city and state and selecting K-12 we see that there used to be an extensive list of schools:
Solution 2:
In the past, Apple was very casual about handing out educational discounts. This started to change in 2016 and now as of fall 2017 there is a formal verification process that is outsourced to a verification program that checks hardware purchases as well as discounts to services like iTunes Apple Music service discounts for students.
The TL,DR summary of education pricing is:
Apple Education Pricing
Available to current and newly accepted college students and their parents, as well as faculty, staff, and homeschool teachers of all grade levels.4
Unless you have been accepted to a college, it is not supposed to be enough.
The terms and conditions page states that the following people are eligible
There is no longer mention of students at the K12 level - only staff at all education levels.
Solution 3:
I worked at the Apple store in CT for almost three years and, while you can easily use the Apple Store for Education without being verified no matter WHO you are, it is not using the discount in an honest manner. If you go to the store, unless the specialist does you a favor, probably in return for you giving him/her a good review on the survey that comes with your receipt, which negates the whole purpose of the feedback you give and the intent of the survey. Apple believes in positive intent; they don't verify on the web site. This was always maddening to us at the retail level because we repeatedly were told and reminded that it is ONLY FOR COLLEGE STUDENTS (and teachers/staff of ANY GRADE school or homeschool or school board. So during this summer's promotion where Apple's offering Wireless Beats on top of the discount, you have a choice. You can order online whether you're a gas station attendant or a breeder of Springer Spaniels and just lie, or you can do the right thing and only take the discount if you qualify for it according to Apple's guidelines.
As for proof in the store, you can bring an acceptance letter if you're in high school and accepted at a university so you can buy a new computer for college, or you can bring a badge, or show that you have a school email. What you REALLY must bring, though, is your driver's license or learner's permit. That's the weird part. We were told it is in case we are audited. Apparently it is supposed to be a US program for US students and US university so you have to be able to prove you live here.