<p>I've had the same e-mail address since 8th grade, which happens to be the same as my CC username. I have to e-mail some colleges about setting up interviews, and I just realized how horrendously unprofessional/childish my address is.
Should I change it to something professional? Does it come off badly? Or are most colleges very "come as you are" about these things? Does it depend on the college?</p>
<p>Change it to first.lastname@**********, or some variation of it. What you thought was cute in 8th grade is no longer cute in 12th grade. You also do not want adcom to read your posts on CC.</p>
<p>^oldfort has a good point about admins finding your CC username. </p>
<p>You could also forward all the emails from a new “college” email address, such as <a href="mailto:firstnamelastname@xxxxx.com">firstnamelastname@xxxxx.com</a>, to your current one, but you’d have to be careful that you reply using the college email address</p>