<p>Ok. I did something bad. Filled in the netID thing and got my email; tried to register for facebook thinking that it wouldn't work anyway but IT DID. Now I have an acct. as a NU student. Is this bad?</p>
<p>I don't think it matters. Technically, you have a school email address, so why not. Plus, you will be an NU student in a few months, so you're just saving yourself the burden of doing it then :)</p>
<p>but what if i don't go to NU?</p>
<p>I thought we had to deposit the money first in order to activate the netID and get our e-mail address...?</p>
<p>nope, i didn't deposit anything at all</p>
<p>Then just delete your account and get a new one for the school you do go to. I wouldn't stress about it.</p>
<p>but do you think it's ok to play around with until I know? this thing is cool, man!</p>
<p>Ohh haha, can you change your facebook account to a different school later?</p>
<p>Haha. Lets just say I know from experience...one of my safeties gave me an email address and I got a facebook accout. I was on it for a few days and then deleted it. Have fun :) Icymoon- I dont know if you can change it, but you can delete it and get another one for a different school.</p>
<p>i don't think it depends on who you are but what your email addy is. so as soon as you got another school email yo ucould have another account, see? i'm just worried i'll get in trouble for this. not sure if NU actually monitors FB.</p>
<p>You won't get in trouble, its not high school :) I'm fairly certain they have more important things to do than monitor who has and hasnt registered for a facebook account.</p>
<p>You definitely won't get into any trouble. They gave you the email address, so why not use it? If you decide not to go to NU, I'm guessing that at some point NU will terminate your email address. After that, if Thefacebook tries to email you with a friend request or whatnot and they discover that the email address no longer exists, I'm guessing they'll delete the account automatically, if you haven't done so already.</p>
<p>I have a facebook account too. I've had it since last summer when I did a summer college program at Stanford. I'm still a HS Senior.</p>
<p>Yes, lots of accepted high school kids have facebook accounts, it's not a big deal (in fact, it's a nice way to get to know people!), and you can always delete old acccounts very easily.</p>
<p>Yeah, I got facebook b/c I take some classes at Marquette U but I'm still in high school. Facebook me: Mellisa Xiao</p>
<p>thanks, all</p>
<p>What's the format of our email addresses @ NU?</p>
<p>it's like xxx.xxx.northwestern.edu you can tell it isn't a regular email addy, too much stuff going on.</p>
<p>oh how did u do that lilybloom?
i think i def want to go to barnard and want to get their emaill addy for the facebook too.
how do i get the email address?</p>
<p>The format of your e-mail address is whatever you want it to be. You can change it on the IT page.</p>