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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.

Edit: Still not showing up. Kinda scummy to advertise this to college students and not follow through, especially in the heat of finals week.

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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.

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

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?

I’m not aware of a Canadian university with a .edu. Most use .ca.

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.

I used my email@ulaval.ca (Laval University in Quebec city, Quebec, Canada) and it worked !

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

@seas.upenn.edu didn't seem to work.

@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?

@cs.ucsb.edu doesn't work either. I've never used Coinbase before in my life.

Yep same for @sas.upenn.edu

Same, sent them an email though.

Same thing with my @uw.edu email address.

works with mtu.edu

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.

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?

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