So while browsing the Game Developer Magazine saw an ad for Unity for 99$. (http://www.studica.com/unity/unity-pro-3-student.html). Anyone taken advantage of this? I see that its a one year license but graduating soon but Unity 3.5 for 99$ sounds like an awesome deal.
The student version is essentially Unity Pro but with a watermark and the stipulation that you can't use it for commercial products. Pretty good deal, really.