Museums
- Walker Art Center — $10 admission with MacPass, 18 and under are free
- Minneapolis Institute of Art — Free admission
- American Swedish Institute — $6 admission with MacPass
- Como Park Zoo & Conservatory — Free admission, reserve in advance
- Alexander Ramsey House — $10 admission with MacPass
- James J. Hill House — $10 admission with MacPass
- Cathedral of Saint Paul — Free admission and tours
- Fort Snelling — $10 admission with MacPass
- Minnesota State Capital — Free admission and tours
- Minnesota Museum of American Art — Free admission
- Mill City Museum — $10 admission with MacPass
- The Bakken — $10 admission with MacPass, 17 and under are free
- Hennepin History Museum — Free admission
- The Museum of Russian Art — $5 admission with MacPass
- Weisman Art Museum — Free admission, Frank Gehry building
Sports
- Minnesota Twins — $5 tickets, free MLB.tv
- Minnesota Timberwolves — $10 tickets with .edu email
- Minnesota Lynx — $10 tickets with .edu email
- Minnesota Wild — $39 tickets (which are more expensive than normal…)
Tickets
- Guthrie Theater — Up to $10 off tickets with MacPass
- Penumbra Theatre — $25 tickets with MacPass
News
- The New York Times — Free with @macalester.edu email
- The Star Tribune — $5/month, free Buffalo Wild Wings gift card
- The Wall Street Journal — $24/year with .edu email
- The Washington Post — $1/month with .edu email
- Business Insider — $19/semester with .edu email
- Barron’s — $24/year with .edu email
- USA Today — 3 months free then $4.99/month with .edu email
- The Economist — 75% off with .edu email
Streaming Services & Movies
Shouldn’t you be studying?
- HBO Max — Free, login with Xfinity On Campus
- Peacock — Free ad-supported premium, login with Xfinity On Campus
- YouTube Premium — $6.99/month (down from $11.99/month)
- Xfinity On Campus — Free Xfinity while on campus WiFi
- Spotify + Hulu + Showtime — $4.99/month for all three
- SoundCloud — 50% off Go+
- Kanopy — Free for Macalester students
- Swank Digital Campus — Assortment of movies, from Jaws to Get Out
- Pandora — 50% off Premium
- Hulu — $1.99/month
- Discovery+ — $2.99/month
- TIDAL — 50% off all plans
- Discounted Movie Tickets — Ask at the Information Desk in the Campus Center
Food
- DoorDash — 50% off DashPass
- GrubHub — Free GrubHub+ with Amazon Prime Student
- Open Pantry — Anonymous, free food for anyone with financial challenges
- Italian Pie Shoppe — 10% discount with MacPass
Shopping
- Amazon Prime — 6 months free, then 50% off
- Lenovo — Up to 30% off and free shipping
- Groupon — Additional 25% off
- Apple — Various student discounts
Transit & Travel
- Unlimited Twin Cities Transit Pass — Pick up in the Campus Center
- Nice Ride — Unlimited rides for $5/year with Go-Card
- Macalester Bike Share — Free bike share outside the library
- Amtrak — 15% off
- Dollar Flight Club — 75% of Premium
- Avis Rent a Car — Up to 35% off
- Budget Car Rentals — Up to 25% off
- Wyndham Hotels — Up to 20% off
- CLEAR — Enroll for $60/year
Software
- Adobe Creative Cloud — Request a license
- Notion — Free Pro for .edu emails
- Microsoft 365 — Free office software, cloud storage, and more
- GitHub Student Pack — Lots of free resources for students
- JetBrains — All IDEs for free
- Figma — Free Professional plan for .edu emails
- Unity — Free for students
- Magnet — MacOS window manager
- Tableau — Free for students
- Autodesk — Free for students
- Alibaba Cloud — Free ECS instance
Miscelleanous
- Wheaton World Wide Moving — Discounts on moving and storage
- Mac Free Swap — Free item exchance just off campus
- Printing — All printing, even color and 3D, is free at Macalester
- AT&T, Sprint, T-Mobile, and Verizon — 15-18% off
Aggregators
These websites aggregate lots of discounts and freebies for students
This list is adapted from Husker under the MIT license