<p>On my accepted student site there is a link to activate my e-mail adress for Northwestern? Is it too early to do that?</p>
<p>It's not too soon to get your email address. That's why that link is there.</p>
<p>I cannot activate my email address, It kept saying my pin was wrong for some reason.</p>
<p>yea, i think they'll update that soon</p>
<p>Yeah mine says that too. I e-mailed tech support and they told me to email undergraduate admissions.......</p>
<p>My pin isn't working either. I emailed tech support too (probably along with a hundred other people..) and they told me it's handled by undergrad admissions as well. </p>
<p>I guess they just haven't activated our addresses on the system yet, since multiple people seem to have this problem. That's a relief to know!</p>
<p>I actually entered and re-entered my pin and ID so many times that the server kicked me off and said that I can start trying again in 24 hours. :(</p>
<p>Hah, I had the same problem.</p>
<p>I can't complain though. I was accepted :-)</p>
<p>Ahh!! Hurry up and fix the email!!</p>
<p>It might be because we haven't turned in the tuition deposit / officially committed to the school. Not 100% sure though. I'm waiting for the package to come in the mail.</p>
<p>I had the same problem too! Interesting</p>
<p>hey guys, just fyi you might not have the right info. i remmeber somethign about them wanting the netid and pin, which they mailed later on. just fyi so you guys dont flip out abotu no email XD.</p>
<p>and suggestion-don't use their email server, right now its horrible. get your email forwarded to outlook or gmail</p>
<p>Just give them a call and thjey will input your information into their system and you can set it up.</p>
<p>But is there a way to get a more aesthetically appealing email adress? right now mine is @hecky.it.northwestern.edu. can it be changed?</p>
<p>That was my thought exactly. I mean . . . hecky? For some odd reason I've really looked forward to having my own NU email address, but finding out that it had to include that word was sort of a buzz kill.</p>
<p>Yeah mine is hecky too. A little research tells me that Hecky is a barbecue joint in Chicago. Hecky's Barbecue!</p>
<p>All of the mail servers are named after restaurants in/around evanston.</p>
<p>Later on you get an email that is just your name at northwestern.edu.</p>
<p>how much later on?</p>
<p>I think it was like a month, but the thing people really wanted with them was to join facebook, which you can still do with the email with the server in it :)</p>
<p>Emails are working now. Join the Northwestern Class of 2011 Group on Facebook.</p>
<p>It's still not working for me. Are you using the pin on the website or did you already receive everything in the mail?</p>
<p>I used the activation code on the applicant services page. It should be a mixture of letters and numbers. Put that in the activation pin box on your email activation page.</p>