Verification methodology

What “verified” means here.

Trust depends on evidence, structured fields, dates, and preserved history—not a green badge alone.

01

Official evidence is required

A provider, government, university, or program page must support the public claim. Social posts and third-party articles can trigger discovery but cannot establish verification.

02

Eligibility is not flattened

Student level, location, institution participation, email rules, age, renewal, and application requirements stay visible. Users always confirm final eligibility with the provider.

03

Value categories stay separate

Fixed savings, variable discounts, conditional aid, founder ceilings, competitive prizes, and benefits without a safe dollar value are never collapsed into one sensational number.

04

Changes create history

Expired offers leave active discovery but remain historically stored. Verification-agent findings are staged for review rather than silently replacing published facts, and sensitive financial or tax changes stay review-gated.

05

Freshness is visible

Every public benefit carries its own last-verified date. Rechecks use the official source attached to that listing, so a recent check on one provider never makes an unrelated offer look fresh.

06

Corrections are review-only

Students can report a possible change from a benefit page. Reports enter a private review queue and cannot directly edit a public listing, change rankings, or bypass official-source verification.

07

The official source wins

Student Benefits Intelligence helps organize and compare eligibility, value, timing, and evidence. The provider, government, university, or program source remains authoritative for final price, eligibility, deadlines, redemption, and renewal terms.

See something that changed?

Open the relevant benefit page and use its correction form. Include an official HTTPS source when you have one; the report will be reviewed before any catalog change is published.

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