Should I change my email address?

Applying to College
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<p>I plan on submitting all my applications online (obviously) and was wondering how you guys think colleges would look at my email address (They're obviously going to see it, an opinion will form no matter how insignificant it is). It's just my username with gmail attached to it. I think it shows a tiny bit more personality then just name5789340573249805723 @ bla.com my love for the beach will show in my application although it won't be the main focus. Should I make a new one with just my name or not?</p>

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<p>Your professional email should be something as simple as: </p>

<p>Asmith at emailsite</p>

<p>first letter of first name + last name or vis-versa. </p>

<p>If your school gives you one with a .edu that might be even better.</p>

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<p>Eventually, you’ll want to create a new email (not just for college applications, but for employment, etc.). For example, if your name is John C. Smith, you could change your email to</p>

<p><a href=“mailto:jsmith@”>jsmith@</a>…
<a href=“mailto:johnsmith@”>johnsmith@</a>…
<a href=“mailto:jcsmith@”>jcsmith@</a>…</p>

<p>etc.</p>

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<p>A good email address would be one reserved for serious pursuits like the college interactions-whether or not it includes “ocean.” Your old one can be googled and your other miscellaneous posts can show up. I don’t think you have to worry that adcoms will hunt you down through google, but you might as well consider privacy from the get-go.</p>

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<p>I don’t think ocean is going to convey the whimsy you seem to think it will, but I don’t think it’ll convey much of anything.</p>

<p>Yes, you should get a new and boring email address some day. And now is certainly not a *bad *time to do it. But this one isn’t problematic. It’s not as if your email is stoner95 or something.</p>

<p>NOTE: If your name happens to be Roger Stone, you might want to think carefully when you’re creating your “boring” email address.</p>

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<p>Alright, Guess I’m changing it. Thanks for the input!</p>

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<p>You simply can not go wrong with first name+last name+one or two numbers @domain.com Unless that gets exceedingly long, you can just go first initial+last name + numbers @domain.com</p>

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<p>You can also link your “personal” and “professional” emails if they’re both on something like gmail - just make sure to click on the correct address when you’re sending something out.</p>