E-mail address for college applications

UVADeanJ
Wed, 09 Aug 2006 11:01:38 +0000

Also please please PLEASE remember that if you are emailing an admissions officer it is still formal correspondence so do not say “hey so did u guys get my entire application yet or are u still waiting for the bribe lol”. Pretend you’re writing a letter. Use a formal salutation, do not use internet lingo and please sign your name. College admissions officers do not have your email addresses memorized so if you tell them something and dont sign it even if its a reply - how are they supposed to know it is you?

I’d say this is good practice even when writing to “ghost” email accounts (undergradadmission@.edu) or when emailing about a lost appication account password or error. Admission staff (and sometimes officers) are getting those messages.