uni question

xxAliciaxx · Fashionista Joined: 05 Sep 2007 Posts: 33 Smiles: 0 79

For those in uni, i was wondering how often is it that you use your university email address and for what purposes. I chose a silly username not knowing it would serve as my email address Sad

and now i'm deciding if i should delete my whole account because of it.

seasunsky · Posted: Mon Jul 21, 2008 9:14 pm Post subject:

My university email is pretty standard.. firstname.lastname@university.ca, so because I have a silly hotmail email, I use my university email for all "official" things, like my resume, as well as university communications with TAs, profs and counsellors. You also get a lot of emails from student groups and the administration on that email address. I think it'd be well worth it to try and change it to your real name.
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DeadDisco · Posted: Tue Jul 22, 2008 4:31 pm Post subject:

Well my university gives your email address, so you don't make it yourself. It's just first initital, middle, and last initial, plus 3 random numbers. I only use it for school related things so far. Just for receiving messages and emailing profs/students. I might use it for things like resumes, or anything I'd need a more professional sounding resume, but I have another email address for that already.
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emcee · Posted: Tue Jul 22, 2008 10:10 pm Post subject:

Yep, at my school it's given to us and it's quite random, it usually includes first initial, last initial, random initial (or some combination, might be first initial, random initial, last initial, etc.) @ university. ca

I use that e-mail for only school stuff pretty much, my regular hotmail e-mail is my name so I use that for resumes and everything else. Because you tend to use your university e-mail for correspondence with profs, TAs, and advisors, it's best to stick with something more professional I would say.