I paid $205.something for the full version of Poser 5 + shipping. I bought it backorder at JourneyEd.com I scanned and e-mailed JourneyEd a copy of my latest pay stub and a copy of my Utah Educator's License to prove my status before purchase. A student IIRC just needs to scan/e-mail his student ID or latest report card. AFAIK, there is no academic upgrade price, though if you are faculty and happen to be teaching Poser as part of an approved curricula, CL has been known to be extremely generous with bulk licensing and pricing. Oh, Poppi - there are quite a few high school and college art departments that are taking Poser and Bryce very seriously in their intro coursework, so I wouldn't be too sure about Poser being left out in the cold ;) /P