Please follow these steps to change your user name within 30 days of creating your account.
When you first create an account on College Confidential, you have to create a username. By default, if you use your Google or Facebook account, your username will include your first and last name. That is not recommended on CC, so here’s how you can change it:
1. Click on your profile circle in the upper right. Click the little person icon.
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2. Click on Preferences.
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3. Click the little pencil next to your username.
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If you don’t see a pencil, it means you are out of the initial 60 day window to change your username. Send a private message to an admin (like me), or email admin@collegeconfidential.com to request a username change. Be sure to include what you would like it changed to.
4. Enter your new username and click “Change”
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All done!
What if I’m outside of the window to change my username?
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Double depositing is not allowed. Schools can rescind offers when they discover students have double deposited. They can find out when your GC has to send your final transcript to a college. Ideally, your GC will only send a final transcript to one college.
Read this: it explains why you shouldn’t double deposit. https://www.mefa.org/blog/the-reason-not-to-double-deposit
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