Quick Take:
Here’s a list of student deals from businesses in and around Santa Cruz County. All deals are featured in Student Lookout. Many places offer student discounts and don’t advertise it; just try asking at any store and you might get 10% off!
FOOD:
- Pizza My Heart slice cards: Pick up a Frequent Muncher card and earn free slices.
- Woodstock’s: Students get $6 off XL pizzas with valid ID.
- Poke House: Students get10% off with a student ID.
- Nico’s Ice Cream: 10% off for students.
- Mission Hill Creamery: 10% off for students.
- Kianti’s: BOGO signature cocktail with the purchase of any entree must be 21+.
- Lulu Carpenter’s: At Lulu Carpenter’s Midtown, bicyclists going through the drive-thru get 10% off.
- Safeway: 5% student discount with valid UCSC ID.
FUN:
- Santa Cruz Cinema: $5 Tuesday movie tickets, and Monday and Wednesday $8 student discounted tickets, with valid student ID.
- The Catalyst UCSC students: 15% discount with the code “SLUGS” when purchasing tickets online.
- Del Mar Theatre: $7 tickets on Tuesdays for all.
- Santa Cruz Warriors: $10 off your ticket price by using the promo code “STUDNT” when purchasing tickets online in advance
- Santa Cruz Museum of Art & History: Students get $10 off membership. Swing by the MAH or sign up online using the code “STUDENT” to get your special rate.
- Level Up Video Games: Students get 10% off used games.
- Comicopolis: 10% student discount.
- Motion Pacific Dance: Current Cabrillo College and UC Santa Cruz students with ID may purchase an unlimited number of 10-class passes at the rate of $90 — $9 per class instead of Motion Pacific’s normal $16 per class.
- Seymour Marine Discovery Center: Free admission for UCSC students with valid ID.
SHOP:
- Curated by the Sea: Students get 10% off.
- EyeQ: 10% off for students.
- Nectar Creations: Students get 10% off Nectar brand clothing.
- Variance Objects: 15% off for students.
- Goodwill: Many locations have a 10% discount for students.
- Stripe: 10% off for students.
- Yōso the Annex: 10% off for students.
WELLNESS:
- Toadal Fitness: 10% off monthly membership for students.
- Yoso Wellness Spa: 10% off for students.
- Santa Cruz Somatic Bodywork: Students get 20% off cranial sacral and somatic wellness massage.
- Kinship Hair Co. and Thrifty Cuts: 10% off with valid ID.
- Dispensaries: KindPeoples, 3 Bros, Santa Cruz Naturals and CannaCruz give students 10% off with valid ID; Treehouse gives a 20% student discount with valid ID.
- Spokesman Bicycles: Students get a 10% discount on bike parts.
- BCycle: Students can sign up for an annual year pass of unlimited bike rides for $7.
RESOURCES:
- Visit this link to activate your Adobe software license.
- Select “Continue with Google” profile to sign in with your UCSC account.
- If prompted, choose the “UC-Santa Cruz” profile. (If this screen does not appear, continue to Step 4.)
- If prompted, choose “Company or School Account.” (If this screen does not appear, continue to Step 5.)
- When “Your app is ready to use” displays, select “Continue.”
- Use your Adobe Creative Cloud as usual.
- Fine Point Law: Students get a discount on its Fledgling Plan (legal documents for young adults): $999 instead of the usual price of $2,000.
- Downtown Santa Cruz public library: Free job search assistance, research assistance and tech help.
- Santa Cruz Metro: Showing a valid UCSC student ID card provides students unlimited rides.
OUT-OF-TOWN:
- Monterey Bay Aquarium: $20 off membership for students (compared to individual prices).
- San Francisco Giants: Enjoy 40% off all Friday night games (excluding games vs. the Los Angeles Dodgers) and up to 40% on other select games.
- San Francisco Symphony: Tickets are $25 … To qualify, you need your school email address (ending in .edu), your student ID and to be attending college full time.
ONLINE:
- Amazon: Students get 50% off Prime, plus free two-day shipping.
- Apple: Apple education pricing.
- Spotify: 50% off Spotify Premium for Banana Slugs.
- Hello Fresh: offers 55% off your first food subscription box, free shipping and an ongoing 15% discount that can be applied for one year, if you are registered with UNiDAYs.
- Doordash: Students can get a Student DashPass for $4.99 per month.