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Applying for github education has been pending #163757
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Hi everyone,It has been almost two months since I last applied for github education. I saw that others were basically approved in a few days, which made me feel very abnormal. Do you have any solutions? Thank you for your answers. |
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Same here — my application has also been pending for a while. Hey GitHub team, could you please check my application? Thanks! |
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🕒 1. Patience Can Be Normal
GitHub manually reviews applications, and while approvals often arrive within a few days, delays of a couple of weeks—or even a month—can happen during busy periods
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One user noted their request stayed in "pending" for a month before being approved; no notification is sent during the wait
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📄 2. Possible Reasons for Delay or Silent Rejection
Based on GitHub's troubleshooting documentation, your application could be delayed or quietly rejected if:
Your documents are blurry, missing a visible date, or don't clearly show your enrollment status
Your academic email domain isn't verified or has lax email policies—GitHub then needs extra proof (like a school ID or tr…