Purdue Global Free tuition for your 1st term w/ referral(anyone else get this email?)

[wow]

I just completed my application and enrollment agreement. It was easy enough. They did not ask for a name, but I had to be pretty persistent to get info about when to enter the code. I asked an advisor and they said it had to be done from their side, so they added it to my file manually.
One thing I am a little irritated about is that it does require an almost $900 deposit. You might be able to get around this, but I didn't know about it until it was too late to change my answers. Specifically, it said that students who pay out of pocket for school must put down a deposit before their first semester. Earlier, in the box where it had asked how I planned to pay, I said 100% out of pocket because the other options were employer or financial aid (I don't get employer assistance, and I did not want to fill out a full financial aid application for something that should be free). Anyhow, that backfired in the form of the deposit, so you may want to consider if you can say "financial aid," and then just make sure that you meet the requirements for a free term so they don't need to use any financial aid. No guarantees there, though, either.

Thanks for sharing that, ylmir. Is it safe to assume that you did not take one of the free courses that they offered last year as a covid special? I've been assuming that people who took one of those courses would not qualify for this, but if someone took one of those courses and is able to enroll under this plan, I'd love to hear about it.