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expiredSmilingCreature422 posted Jul 16, 2025 12:30 PM

Select Academic Institution Affiliates: 128GB 11" Apple iPad Air M2 Wi-Fi Tablet

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Select Academic Institutions via eFollett have for their Affiliates (current and newly accepted college students and their parents, as well as faculty, staff, or administrators): 128GB 11" Apple iPad Air 6th Gen M2 Wi-Fi Tablet (Mid 2024, Blue MUWD3LL/A) + Apple Pencil Pro (MX2D3AM/A) for $249.50. Shipping is $7.99

Thanks to community member SmilingCreature422 for finding this deal.
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Product Specs:
  • Apple M2 8-Core Chip
  • 9-Core GPU | 16-Core Neural Engine
  • 11" Liquid Retina Touchscreen
  • 8GB of RAM | 128GB Storage Capacity
  • Ultra Wide 12MP Landscape Front Camera
  • 12MP Rear Camera
  • Wi-Fi 6E (802.11ax) | Bluetooth 5.3
  • USB-C Port (10 Gb/s)
  • iPadOS

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Select Academic Institutions via eFollett have for their Affiliates (current and newly accepted college students and their parents, as well as faculty, staff, or administrators): 128GB 11" Apple iPad Air 6th Gen M2 Wi-Fi Tablet (Mid 2024, Blue MUWD3LL/A) + Apple Pencil Pro (MX2D3AM/A) for $249.50. Shipping is $7.99

Thanks to community member SmilingCreature422 for finding this deal.
  • Note: You must check the box to agree to the Apple Academic Price Affiliation Terms & Conditions and add to cart to see deal price.
Deal Instructions:
Also available from:
Product Specs:
  • Apple M2 8-Core Chip
  • 9-Core GPU | 16-Core Neural Engine
  • 11" Liquid Retina Touchscreen
  • 8GB of RAM | 128GB Storage Capacity
  • Ultra Wide 12MP Landscape Front Camera
  • 12MP Rear Camera
  • Wi-Fi 6E (802.11ax) | Bluetooth 5.3
  • USB-C Port (10 Gb/s)
  • iPadOS

Editor's Notes

Written by RevOne | Staff
  • Please see the original post for additional details & give the WIKI and additional forum comments a read for helpful discussion.

Original Post

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SmilingCreature422
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I Should also note that you should be able to get the Free Apple Pencil Pro as part of Apple's back to school promotion that's listed on there website just make sure to add the pencil pro to your cart and it'll show it at $0
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divinebaboon
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couple things:
1. if your card gets charged and you didnt pay via paypal, congrats, your order is getting shipped
2. if your order status says fulfilled, it's getting shipped for sure
3. if it says shipping soon, it might still get cancelled.
4. the earlier you order, the higher chance of it shipping, but dont be surprised if ppl who ordered after you from a diff uni got theirs and you didn't. it's all luck.
5. tax will be charged on the full msrp of the pencil, not a huge deal
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slicktomorrow
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My iPad/Apple Pencil order update notes...

"Thank you for your order. The items below have shipped. Your order may arrive in multiple packages."

APPLE PENCIL PRO
STATUS:Not Ready
Qty: 1

11-inch iPad Air Wi-Fi 128GB - Blue
STATUS:Fulfilled
Qty: 1

NOTE: I paid for the next day shipping just in case.
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Jul 17, 2025 7:10 PM
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ferganerJul 17, 2025 7:10 PM
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Quote from FaithfulRose6455 :
Was it normal shipping speed
Yes, regular shipping
Jul 17, 2025 7:12 PM
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ferganerJul 17, 2025 7:12 PM
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Quote from supernoman :
pencil shipped and ipad got cancelled so promo disappeared, making pencil full price.
Did you call them?
Jul 17, 2025 7:13 PM
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JayhawkDealsJul 17, 2025 7:13 PM
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You do have to laugh at all the people who are about to have an impressive piece of silicon in their hands with the M2 and use it to watch youtube and tok videos, email, and play angry birds.
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Jul 17, 2025 7:18 PM
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supernomanJul 17, 2025 7:18 PM
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Quote from ferganer :
Did you call them?
No, that's not my situation. I was replying to someone asking why pencil got charged full price.

I haven't been charged full price for pencil.
Jul 17, 2025 7:25 PM
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iygJul 17, 2025 7:25 PM
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Quote from JayhawkDeals :
Ha… there are lots of creative workflows that can leverage it, from Logic Pro, 3d modeling/cad, DaVinci Resolve, Lightroom, etc. Also, some games like REV, GRID and CoD. And don't forget BASE (big a$$ spreadsheets in excel).

But again, most folks aren't going to use it for that. It's just going to be a "really snappy" media consumer/web browser.
But once you used to the really snappy, it is so annoying without it. I am using S10 ultra and get very frustrated when helping my kids with the S7. I also sold all the FE tablet. 1st world problem, lol.
Jul 17, 2025 7:30 PM
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kqian111Jul 17, 2025 7:30 PM
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Quote from JayhawkDeals :
Ha… there are lots of creative workflows that can leverage it, from Logic Pro, 3d modeling/cad, DaVinci Resolve, Lightroom, etc. Also, some games like REV, GRID and CoD. And don't forget BASE (big a$$ spreadsheets in excel).

But again, most folks aren't going to use it for that. It's just going to be a "really snappy" media consumer/web browser.
yes for the price of a regular iPad 11 or cheaper so why not??
Jul 17, 2025 7:36 PM
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ferganerJul 17, 2025 7:36 PM
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Any way to figure out what the tracking number is if you don't have UPS/FedEx accounts? The email doesn't include tracking info.

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Jul 17, 2025 7:36 PM
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hugeJul 17, 2025 7:36 PM
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Quote from JayhawkDeals :
You do have to laugh at all the people who are about to have an impressive piece of silicon in their hands with the M2 and use it to watch youtube and tok videos, email, and play angry birds.
And the $100 pen 😂😂😂
How does this company stay in business? There's really that many people falling for this overpriced junk?
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clipse2000Jul 17, 2025 7:37 PM
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They called me and told me my local campus didn't have my Ipad model in stock, but had the pencil. But being it was a deal, they weren't going to send just the pencil so everything was canceled and to come in to the bookstore and buy the pencil or call them to ship it.
So, between the two deals, now 0-4. lol
Jul 17, 2025 7:39 PM
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mainomegaJul 17, 2025 7:39 PM
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Last update (probably)

Yesterday at this time I was charged $8.xx for the Apple Pencil which was delivered today.

Just now, I was charged the $320.xx for the iPad. UPS Insight shows a label from D&H headed my way.

So, at least the 11"256GB are being sent out (hopefully)
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giantbruinJul 17, 2025 7:52 PM
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Looks like one of my two iPads is about to ship - I see the charge for the iPad on my CC statement now (paid using Apple Pay) and the order status says "Fulfilled."
For what it's worth, for this order, I used the code ALUMNI10. Total was the same but I thought that by using the code rather than the deal, it would help with shipping.
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Quote from ferganer :
Any way to figure out what the tracking number is if you don't have UPS/FedEx accounts? The email doesn't include tracking info.
you get an email with the tracking number once shipped
Jul 17, 2025 8:04 PM
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ferganerJul 17, 2025 8:04 PM
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Quote from r3p3ro :
you get an email with the tracking number once shipped
I did get a shipping confirmation email for the pencil, but it doesn't have a tracking. Will there be another email?
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giantbruinJul 17, 2025 8:06 PM
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Quote from ferganer :
I did get a shipping confirmation email for the pencil, but it doesn't have a tracking. Will there be another email?
Same. My Apple Pencil emails did have tracking but the iPad one did not.
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iiconicJul 17, 2025 8:09 PM
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Both my pickup and delivery orders were cancelled. However, I was able to call around and find a bookstore with one left which they kindly held for me. 13" 128GB @ $350. However, they were not able to ring me up for the free pencil, I'll have to see if I can extract one from CS. Good deal either way.
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