<p>how do I get a university network ID? the admission only send me a letter with my application ID (columbia ID).</p>
<p>You'll get a PIN soon enough. </p>
<p>They'll send you the link to CUIT and you'll go from there. Do NOT use your CUID in any part of it.</p>
<p>You might have one already. Try searching for yourself on the Columbia directory (on the columbia.edu homepage). If you turn up, your uni should be in the result.</p>
<p>Then go here:</p>
<p>And hit "accept" then "accept" again, and try activating it. It may or may not work, but if you're in the directory already, it should.</p>
<p>Have your social security number handy.</p>
<p>You will have to make a new UNI. Select the option that says I don't know my UNI and you'll be asked to put in your social secuirty. After that, they will give you your uni and your email address.</p>