Is anyone else slightly anxious about their SUNet ID?

Colleges and Universities A-Z Stanford University
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<p>I made ID's on other college websites just fine, but Stanford's seems slightly... different.</p>

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Your SUNet ID is:</p>

<pre><code>* permanently assigned to you. Once you've claimed a SUNet ID, it will never be reassigned. You cannot easily abandon a SUNet ID and open another.
* not private. You can control whether it is displayed in Stanford's online directory, and you can create an alias to use as your email address, but your actual SUNet ID will remain visible in University business systems and reports, and may be requested as an identifier by University staff.
* not anonymous. Your SUNet ID is directly associated with you—unlike a chat-room ID or Hotmail address that may mask your identity.
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<p>As your relationship with Stanford changes—through graduation, employment, retirement, and even death—the status of your SUNet ID will change from active to inactive and back, but your SUNet ID itself will not change.

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<p>Wow. I never had to thought a login could be with you from graduation to death. I'm actually nervous about making my ID now.</p>

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<p>just make it your name. safest bet - your name won’t be changing any time soon, i presume.</p>

<p>mine was [first initial][full last name]</p>

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<p>What I didn’t like is that my password for everything right now is only 7 characters, but the minimum was 8, so I had to make a completely new password that won’t be as easy to remember. </p>

<p>But hey, if that’s the price one has to pay to attend Stanford, who am I to complain? :)</p>

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<p>Yeah, as long as you go with something simple and normal, you’re fine. Most people go with either first or last name, either alone or with the other initial. I’m [first name][last initial].</p>

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<p>I went first initial last name and then a 6…rofl idk y a 6 the system recommended it so I was like sure w/e</p>

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<p>yeah I’ve known a few quircky id’s over the years but by and large most of them are just some sort of first name/last name combination. (mine personally is first initial-last name) dont sweat it its not a big deal its just your email address (you also have 2 other SUID’s that you can create in case you absolutely hate the one you made…)</p>

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<p>Mine is first name initial, middle name initial, and full last name.</p>

<p>Short and sweet!</p>