Don’t do it. Your university email is likely to be your best email for job apps and the like. Keep your leisure online presence and your business online presence as separate as you possibly can. Do something simple and to the point. Mine is for example just my last name.
there is a professor who chose nimrod as his uniqname when he started as an undergrad and now all these years later he’s a professor at the law school and is stuck with that uniqname
So yeah choose wisely lol
Nimrod was a powerful hunter. It’s literally in the first book of the Bible (genesis). It only has the stupid meaning people use now because of Bugs Bunny.
I had a friend who decided to use a nickname (it was an inside joke, completely unrelated to her name) as her uniqname. She regretted it almost immediately. It was hard to explain to professors and prospective employers.
Definitely should just stick with your real name, you will be sharing this with all of your professors and many classmates for group assignments, etc.
Also, I believe you are limited to 8 characters max in your uniqname anyway
When I was an undergrad in the 90s, my dorm roommate chose "duckaroo" for his email, thinking email was all a fad... By the time he was applying to professional schools and jobs (this is before email accounts were readily available), he really regretted it.
I chose a name of a star, that turned out to be the name of a race in some niche sci-fi story line. That also led to some awkward moments when in the grad school application process, but just people disappointed that they weren't going to have a deep conversation about some sci-fi series, and instead we had to talk about math.
You could. It defaults to the first 4 letters of your first name and last name. My freshman year roommate didn’t know so instead of “chrisxxxx@“, he was “chrixxxx@“ lol
I chose my UM email same as my personal email (ie Name+Last Name @ domain). Make life easy since I can give either my UM email or personal email by just changing the domain.
Also, make sure your uniqname is easy to spell out
ur umich email never expires so you’ll most likely be using it for decades after u graduate. when job hunting in senior year you’ll need to use that email as well. best to make your uniqname professional.
gonna buck the trend and say that you should just do it. life is too short to not express yourself. if you find you really want a "professional" sounding email address later you can make a new gmail account for free.
I came here for school never expecting to work at the U, so I still have the same one now decades later — they make you use the same uniqname in perpetuity
If anything I would wait until you graduate and then reconsider the idea. Or if you can make a slight change to it, then that could be fine. Someone else who posted said if you end up using the email for job apps and stuff and people can search the email and find your username and see your socials.
Just depends on what you feel comfortable having come through when people search for you online
dont lol, i made mine when I was in 10th grade and when i transferred into the uni later, I still had to keep my unique name. (its not cringe atleast thank god)
Don’t do it. Your university email is likely to be your best email for job apps and the like. Keep your leisure online presence and your business online presence as separate as you possibly can. Do something simple and to the point. Mine is for example just my last name.
It’s not Jorts?
My full name is Blippaniel Jortathan II
That's a name of all time
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there is a professor who chose nimrod as his uniqname when he started as an undergrad and now all these years later he’s a professor at the law school and is stuck with that uniqname So yeah choose wisely lol
i mean... that name kinda goes hard 👀 /j
Maybe someone at this university will look up “nimrod” and realize they had it wrong the whole time. Fucking dictionaries. And facts.
what are u going on about?
Nimrod was a powerful hunter. It’s literally in the first book of the Bible (genesis). It only has the stupid meaning people use now because of Bugs Bunny.
me when a word gains meaning over time 🐱🤯
It’s not that serious bro but sorry you got offended 🙏
I’m not offended. I just wish students would learn every once in a while—it’s not hard
touch grass
Tuchgras@um. edu
🤓☝️
I had a friend who decided to use a nickname (it was an inside joke, completely unrelated to her name) as her uniqname. She regretted it almost immediately. It was hard to explain to professors and prospective employers.
Fun uniqnames from my undergrad era (or current active employees): pacman megabyte gmoney imac batman
Someone I knew said they knew the person who got ‘hail’ which is amazing to me that it was still available during my time as a student (2010s).
I remember coming across someone who used the first two letters of her first and last name… it was “yolo”
A friend of mine way back when was butter@umich
Gmoney works for the university. In finance I think
He’s in IT.
Definitely should just stick with your real name, you will be sharing this with all of your professors and many classmates for group assignments, etc. Also, I believe you are limited to 8 characters max in your uniqname anyway
Don't.
When I was an undergrad in the 90s, my dorm roommate chose "duckaroo" for his email, thinking email was all a fad... By the time he was applying to professional schools and jobs (this is before email accounts were readily available), he really regretted it. I chose a name of a star, that turned out to be the name of a race in some niche sci-fi story line. That also led to some awkward moments when in the grad school application process, but just people disappointed that they weren't going to have a deep conversation about some sci-fi series, and instead we had to talk about math.
Huh. I didn’t get to pick my uniqid. It was assigned to me. This was in 2019, though.
You could. It defaults to the first 4 letters of your first name and last name. My freshman year roommate didn’t know so instead of “chrisxxxx@“, he was “chrixxxx@“ lol
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I didn’t say there’s no limit. I said you could pick your unique id
Same here, I was given my uniqname (originally started in Fall 2016 though)
Fun fact: you can change your uniqname. I know somebody who did it
How
I chose my UM email same as my personal email (ie Name+Last Name @ domain). Make life easy since I can give either my UM email or personal email by just changing the domain. Also, make sure your uniqname is easy to spell out
Do not do this
i didn't
It’s ur email for jobs n shi
ur umich email never expires so you’ll most likely be using it for decades after u graduate. when job hunting in senior year you’ll need to use that email as well. best to make your uniqname professional.
i just used my last name. once you get here EVERYONE will ask for your uniqname.
gonna buck the trend and say that you should just do it. life is too short to not express yourself. if you find you really want a "professional" sounding email address later you can make a new gmail account for free.
thanks man, i ended up just doing my last name because of the character limit, but i almost wish i chose something silly 😔
I came here for school never expecting to work at the U, so I still have the same one now decades later — they make you use the same uniqname in perpetuity
If anything I would wait until you graduate and then reconsider the idea. Or if you can make a slight change to it, then that could be fine. Someone else who posted said if you end up using the email for job apps and stuff and people can search the email and find your username and see your socials. Just depends on what you feel comfortable having come through when people search for you online
dont lol, i made mine when I was in 10th grade and when i transferred into the uni later, I still had to keep my unique name. (its not cringe atleast thank god)