I think you're right, mixture in your post 15 (my old number at prep school - takes me back....), about the need for a campus based application or the alternative of the special 'phone number. I don't know what sort of discounts are typical for students these days - and I don't expect that Apple want us to bandy numbers about on here! They go to some lengths to keep that sort of thing confidential. maybe it will or, perhaps, will not help that she has been a Mac user for the last six years or so....