<p>One book I read recommended that HS students not use the same "cutesy" email address on their college applications/correspondence as they use with their friends.</p>
<p>This made perfect sense to me and I suggested it to my daughter.
Her personal email address is not terrible but I thought something tied to her name would be better.
Well, obviously she objected.</p>
<p>Anyone have experience / thoughts on the matter?</p>
<p>Anyone notice a difference (application success) between using youth-oriented email addresses versus a more mature name-based address?</p>
<p>Obviously, an immature email can only hurt, but I seriously doubt it’s going to make or break an applicant. They have much more important things to worry about when judging applicants.</p>
<p>If you have any doubts that the email address is appropriate, it is easy enough to set up a new one. My D’s email was not inappropriate but it referred to a sport she stopped doing year ago. She chose to set up an email using just her name for the college process. In the end she said that she preferred having the college email separated from her personal email. Up to you. I agree that is shouldn’t be a make or break thing, but I think that you would want to present yourself in the best possible light on all fronts.</p>
<p>Make email that is easy for people to spell. I have seen email that did not reach an applicant back because of a typo that the sender made and caused some delay.</p>
<p>I think it’s better to have one that has an identifying name in it–I don’t want colleges trying to remember who daisygirl94 is…(or worse yet was…). E-mails can be tied together so you don’t have to look up each one individually. Better to stay professional.</p>
<p>ilikeapplepie:
Won’t hurt you, per se, but you’re going to need a real email address (firstnamelastname or firstintitiallastname, etc.) when applying for internships/stuff so go ahead and make and use the real email address anyway.</p>