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[dreamerr33]

Hey,

I graduated earlier this year from university.

So I have started all my applications for universities in US (more than 7) with my university E-mail. However, just yesterday it came to my notice that my university e-mail won't be valid since January 2018. I had no clue that such a problem was going to occur.

I am now willing to use my personal e-mail.

What shall I do now? Should I send an e-mail to each department I have applied about the change in my e-mail ID? Or should I directly start a new application for each program with my personal e-mail?

Any advice or help is highly appreciated. Thank you

[fuzzylogician]

I'd email and ask to update your email address (and explain why). You don't want to create confusion by basically appearing to have submitted two applications for no reason. You also don't want the wrong one (or both!) to be ignored. 

[dreamerr33]

On 12/3/2017 at 2:42 AM, fuzzylogician said:

I'd email and ask to update your email address (and explain why). You don't want to create confusion by basically appearing to have submitted two applications for no reason. You also don't want the wrong one (or both!) to be ignored. 

Hey,

 

As of now, I haven't submitted any application at all. Although I have started all the applications with my university e-mail, which is going to be invalid starting from new year. Until now, I have only entered my personal details such as DOB, contact etc.

What do you suggest me to do?

Leave these applications as they are and start new applications with my personal e-mail?

Or contact each admissions department requesting them to update my e-mail?

[fuzzylogician]

Have you generated letter prompts yet? Do you know if any letters have been submitted? Note that letter prompts are often automatically generated when you enter your recommender information into the system, not when you submit; but this varies by application software.

• If no prompts have been generated, I would do the following: Contact IT to see if they can easily change the email address associated with the application. If yes, good news. If no or it's complicated, start a new application. 
• If you've generated letter prompts and especially if some letters have been submitted (or if you're not sure!): Contact IT to see if they can change the email address associated with the application. If yes, good news. If no or it's complicated, contact your letter writers to let them know to expect new prompts, and why. Then, start a new application. 

[dreamerr33]

I haven't generated any prompts as of now, nor have I entered any of my recommendor's contact details. The IT department's email-ID is usually not given on the websites.

I suppose I'm better off starting a new application for all universities with my personal e-mail ID.

Thanks a lot for the input! @fuzzylogician