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Has Coinbase posted a list of the "top 500" colleges that are supported, or are we left to guess? I signed up a few minutes ago and haven't seen anything yet.

Has Coinbase posted a list of the "top 500" colleges that are supported, or are we left to guess? I signed up a few minutes ago and haven't seen anything yet. Edit: Still not showing up. Kinda scummy to advertise this to college students and not follow through, especially in the heat of finals week.

manacit 12y ago
Same here, with an @uw.edu e-mail address.
- kandalf 12y ago
  @seas.upenn.edu didn't seem to work.
  - rawsyntax1 12y ago
    @umail.ucsb.edu didn't work either but I already have a Coinbase account that I registered from this IP address, maybe it is something to do with that? Anyone from Coinbase confirm this?
    - jhenkens 12y ago
      @cs.ucsb.edu doesn't work either. I've never used Coinbase before in my life.
  - ycmike 12y ago
    Yep same for @sas.upenn.edu
    - asselinpaul 12y ago
      Same, sent them an email though.
- andrewmunsell 12y ago
  Same thing with my @uw.edu email address.
loarake 12y ago
McGill University doesn't use an .edu domain, I tried signing up in case they included it anyway but got nothing.
- selmnoo 12y ago
  That's interesting... (and a little too bad for you, since a lot of systems will give you student discounts and all just for the .edu email address), how come it is that way? Is that a thing with a lot of Canadian universities, or?
  - eswat 12y ago
    I’m not aware of a Canadian university with a .edu. Most use .ca.
  - loarake 12y ago
    Yeah it's a shame. The wiki page for ".edu" specifies "Since 2001, new registrants to the domain have been required to be United States-affiliated institutions of higher education, though before then non-U.S.-affiliated—and even non-educational institutions—registered, with some retaining their registrations to the present." So it definitely has a US bias.
- alain_gilbert 12y ago
  I used my email@ulaval.ca (Laval University in Quebec city, Quebec, Canada) and it worked !
andrewjkerr 12y ago
I just tried my @ufl.edu address and it didn't work. I would assume my university is large enough to be included. Also, as a side note, they sent me an email asking me to subscribe to their blog before they sent a verification email. Once I subscribed to their blog then I realized it was not the same as user verification, lol.
wavesounds 12y ago
My friend at Orange Coast College just signed up with her .edu email address and it didn't work. I think its a scam to get people's email addresses. I don't think I'll ever refer anyone to Coinbase again now and I'm a previously happy customer.
- arfliw 12y ago
  What's more likely, coinbase is running a 'scam' or that they don't consider Orange Coast College one of the top 500 universities worldwide?
nuxi7 12y ago
works with mtu.edu

manacit 12y ago

Same here, with an @uw.edu e-mail address.

kandalf 12y ago
@seas.upenn.edu didn't seem to work.
- rawsyntax1 12y ago
  @umail.ucsb.edu didn't work either but I already have a Coinbase account that I registered from this IP address, maybe it is something to do with that? Anyone from Coinbase confirm this?
  - jhenkens 12y ago
    @cs.ucsb.edu doesn't work either. I've never used Coinbase before in my life.
- ycmike 12y ago
  Yep same for @sas.upenn.edu
  - asselinpaul 12y ago
    Same, sent them an email though.
andrewmunsell 12y ago
Same thing with my @uw.edu email address.

loarake 12y ago

McGill University doesn't use an .edu domain, I tried signing up in case they included it anyway but got nothing.

selmnoo 12y ago
That's interesting... (and a little too bad for you, since a lot of systems will give you student discounts and all just for the .edu email address), how come it is that way? Is that a thing with a lot of Canadian universities, or?
- eswat 12y ago
  I’m not aware of a Canadian university with a .edu. Most use .ca.
- loarake 12y ago
  Yeah it's a shame. The wiki page for ".edu" specifies "Since 2001, new registrants to the domain have been required to be United States-affiliated institutions of higher education, though before then non-U.S.-affiliated—and even non-educational institutions—registered, with some retaining their registrations to the present." So it definitely has a US bias.
alain_gilbert 12y ago
I used my email@ulaval.ca (Laval University in Quebec city, Quebec, Canada) and it worked !

andrewjkerr 12y ago

I just tried my @ufl.edu address and it didn't work. I would assume my university is large enough to be included. Also, as a side note, they sent me an email asking me to subscribe to their blog before they sent a verification email. Once I subscribed to their blog then I realized it was not the same as user verification, lol.

wavesounds 12y ago

My friend at Orange Coast College just signed up with her .edu email address and it didn't work. I think its a scam to get people's email addresses. I don't think I'll ever refer anyone to Coinbase again now and I'm a previously happy customer.

arfliw 12y ago
What's more likely, coinbase is running a 'scam' or that they don't consider Orange Coast College one of the top 500 universities worldwide?

nuxi7 12y ago

works with mtu.edu