<p>All my friends already have facebook accounts. When do we get our Rice emails? I want a facebook too.</p>
<p>Not for a while. From apply.rice.edu: "Note: Just a quick note for those new students trying to get a jump on things and apply before O-Week. Because we are creating accounts for all new students and back-filling the accounts for all existing users, we have a HUGE number of accounts to create. This means that even though you setup your account, it may not actually be ready to use for several more days while we work our way through the creation process. We expect that all accounts will be created by the end of the first week in August."</p>
<p>You can go to apply.rice.edu and try and create an account, but that won't work if IT doesn't have your info from HR. I'd wait until at least July before you try and create an account. Also, if you do create an account before IT is ready, you'll probably end up with an account that works for some services and not others, and you'll need to go to IT to get it fixed.</p>
<p>Ian, I think that message is left over from last summer.</p>
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J.D. Leonard, Jones '09
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<p>It could be...Regardless, I'd wait until you get something in the mail from IT (which should happen in late June or early July).</p>
<p>Facebook = super procrastination machine. Watch out... it can be dangerous. ; )</p>
<p>yea but I want to stay in contact with my hs friends. They're all going to UC's and CSU's. I'm the only one wayyyyyyy out in Texas</p>
<p>Facebook is definately great for that. I got a facebook through my high school and I've enjoyed keeping track of all my friends who have gone off to college.</p>