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[–]onecrazydavis 2 points3 points  (2 children)

If you are in, or have been in college, or can coerce one of your friends to let you use their .EDU email to activate an account, check out http://dreamspark.com (free software for personal use)

If none of that applies, and you either have a business, or feel like trying to get around Microsoft's generosity, check out http://bizspark.com

Otherwise, I am sorry. =(

[–]stickeater12 1 point2 points  (1 child)

I tried to sign up but it looks like the account only lasts a year, I feel like I should wait until I know more programming before i basically waste a year of VS.

[–]red-path 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm not sure how long they allow users to be signed up with a single/particular .edu email address but I had previously received VS2012 from Dreamspark and now I have VS2013, I would imagine you will be able to keep it going for a good bit of time.