<p>Does anybody know when we get our Penn email addresses? Does it come in the package we are getting this week? Does anybody know what the case was last year?</p>
<p>I think that it comes in the package that should arrive in a week or so. Or it may come later in May. I'm remembering both for some reason. But I have a strong feeling about the April arrival.</p>
<p>i know all the housing stuff is supposed to come in april but i'm not sure if the pennkey/email stuff is coming with it</p>
<p>I thought about it and it's got to be in April. You can apply for housing online and you need a pennkey to do that so it must come in the that package.</p>
<p>you dont need a pennkey to apply for housing ... its just the admissions password stuff</p>
<p>Yeah, I realized that when I checked the site again. I was accepted ED and half of that stuff wasn't avaliable on the side of the screen. But I still think they we get pennkeys in April. Hopefully.</p>
<p>you donot get penn keys in april .. when u click on the housing link.. the housing application page comes up.somewhere there i read.. it says that on 9th june u get ur housing decision along with instructions to obtain a penn key.
so thats that :p</p>
<p>Aww, that's no fun. Oh well. I wish they'd just send it so I could make my facebook page already........</p>
<p>You get your e-mail on may 15th.</p>
<p>No ... on the housing website it says that you get your pennCARD on june whatever. the pennCARD is different than the pennKEY. the pennKEY is for online stuff whereas the pennCARD is for buildings.</p>
<p>err so when exactly do we get our penn key and penn card? can someone confirm?..... apparently to obtain a pennkey you need a penn setup code. . and well to do that. . you need to wait to be given a setup code.</p>
<p>bloody hell</p>
<p>What picture would we put on the PennCARD if we get it in June? Surely not an official Penn pic.</p>
<p>hmm pennkeys and emails. i remember that being a point of a lot of confusion last year. finally someone who had figured it all out told me how and I was able to get through it. hopefully you will be getting info in may and then you sign up for a pennkey online. your pennkey basically gets you around everywhere online. then once that is done you can sign up for your email address which you can do through penn portal, to webmail, and you go to your schools main mail page and click to sign up for an account and that part is relatively basic.</p>
<p>some clarification:</p>
<p>pennkey setup codes should be arriving by mail in mid-late may; they allow you to create a pennkey (user id and password) for login to all penn systems, and to create an email address at your home school or schools.</p>
<p>penncards are distributed when you arrive on campus in late august / early september. you can upload a picture to campus express (after you get your pennkey) to await approval; when it is accepted (has to be like a passport photo), all is well, and that will be the picture on your penncard. otherwise, pictures can be taken when you arrive at the beginning of the year.</p>