I'll tell you what I know, from dealing with them last year whiloe writing a grant for
Vectorworks.
You are a student, Higher ed, lower, Public or private. you qualify.
It will not stop working when you graduate. If you need to upgrade your version, sometime after you graduate, you will lose your ability to obtain the student discount, but you will then be eligable for the "upgrade" version rather than paying full price.
I think you want the Designer pack, as Spotlight is not a "stand alone" unit. Purchasing the Spotlight package alone would be similar to buying the "expansion pack" to Worlds of Warcraft without buying the "game" first.
As far as I remember the Student
version is no different, it is simply a pricing enticement put in place to get younger folks, and those who are in school,
and not making the Glorious amounts of money us real pros are, to buy the product.
Buy it straight from
www.nemetschek.net/sales/index.php
Nothing beats going straight to the source and the guys at Nemetschek are a dream to deal with, excellent customer service. I not even sure if you can purchase it wanywhere else and still recieve the Student discount.
Ok all the colors of my fonts are freaking out now, I must have hit a bad key, Hope that helps.