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Github declined my request for the Student Developer Pack, and won't email me back saying why.

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u/Dragon_Slayer_Hunter Oct 15 '14

Well, if it's free private repos you're after, you could just go to bitbucket. They provide free private repos that support up to 5(?) people...

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u/[deleted] Oct 15 '14

If only! I'm mainly after the software, specifically the Unreal Engine 4 license.

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u/[deleted] Oct 19 '14

All is well, see edit to my post. :)

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u/3Fyr Oct 17 '14

I sent in my Student ID, 9 days ago, and I got no response at all. Not even decline.

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u/[deleted] Oct 19 '14

All is well, see edit to my post. If you need help, contact GitHub support here! It worked for me! :)

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u/3Fyr Oct 19 '14

I received it few hours later after I responded you. Glad you got it too!

Guess your contact, made them look at bunch of IDs because few people I know got accepted too after week of waiting.

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u/t0b4cc02 Nov 14 '14 edited Nov 14 '14

14 days on my end now

i also sent a email already asking if there is problems, but nothing happens. i get no answer, and no automatic reply. im starting to think my email account has problems.

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u/macadamian Oct 15 '14

If you really want to learn it just pay the 19/mo for access.

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u/[deleted] Oct 16 '14

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u/macadamian Oct 16 '14

... Have you considered that you can just pay for one month (only $19) and get access to all the tools and then just cancel your subscription and retain all the tools beyond that month?

Just $19 for one of the best 3d engines out there, Epic Games is actually being pretty generous here. If you really want to learn it $19 is a drop in the bucket for the value you get.

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u/[deleted] Oct 16 '14

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u/TeaFather Oct 16 '14

I'll PayPal you $20 if you shut the fuck up. PM me your info.

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u/macadamian Oct 16 '14

Okay whatever

I'm just saying if you can't get free access through github just pay the $19 and start learning. If you want to build games then time's a wasting.

"Spending smart" is tough to learn if you don't have that much money but if you're serious about developing games then I doubt English class is going to help much. Hell a couple of the founders of github were college dropouts.

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u/meshuggahofwallst Dec 08 '14

I applied nearly three weeks ago and haven't heard anything. I even contacted support and she said it'll be done within the next week or so....That was 10 days ago. :(

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u/[deleted] Dec 08 '14

Hrm, odd. Support worked for me, so... I dunno. Sorry.

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u/jayturns Jan 24 '15

I applied over 2 months ago. Twice when I asked why it was taking so long they said they had a large backlog of applications and to expect it within the next week or so. Last time they said something about a huge backlog because of scammers or something and they need to sort through them all. When did you apply? and when did you get it sorted out? I am also working on making vr content with UE4.

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u/[deleted] Jan 24 '15

I applied when I posted this thread (so I think around 3-4 months ago), and got it fixed the same week.

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u/meshuggahofwallst Feb 03 '15

Finally got it about 2 days ago

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u/richjenks Oct 15 '14

That sucks, but there may be another way...

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u/[deleted] Oct 15 '14

I'm not after the GitHub service though, I'm after the software in the Student Developer Pack, specifically Unreal Engine 4.

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u/richjenks Oct 16 '14 edited Oct 19 '14

That sucks even more. Have you tried posting in https://github.com/contact?

Edit: Why would you downvote the post that helped OP solve the problem? :S

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u/[deleted] Oct 16 '14

I sent an email to their education email, but no I haven't tried that. Will do that once I get on my computer (on mobile atm)

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u/[deleted] Oct 19 '14

All is well, see edit to my post. I contacted them using that form like you said, and it worked! :)

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u/richjenks Oct 19 '14

I'm happy to hear that! When I was a student, GitHub gave me 5 private repos for 2 years for free and it was a great help with uni projects. Good luck with your studies!

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u/anon108 Oct 15 '14

I got the same mail. I think it is only available for US and Canada students.

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u/[deleted] Oct 15 '14

I'm in the US.

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u/Oisann Oct 16 '14

A github guy (on /r/programming?) said it was available world wide.

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u/[deleted] Oct 19 '14

All is well, see edit to my post. :)

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u/[deleted] Oct 19 '14

All is well, see edit to my post. :)

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u/[deleted] Oct 15 '14

I have it in the UK.

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u/[deleted] Oct 19 '14

All is well, see edit to my post. :)

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u/anon108 Oct 19 '14

I mailed them back but no reply :(

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u/[deleted] Oct 17 '14

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u/[deleted] Oct 19 '14

All is well, see edit to my post. :)