Hi ChasingDVM2023,
I managed to figure it out with the help of Google and Reddit, so I'll try my best to give the simplest version of the long, complicated route I ended up doing.
1. Did you receive an email from the vet school that included your PUID and Career Account set-up password? It also should have a link to "Officially Accept/Pay Deposit". You'll need to click on that link to activate your account. You shouldn't have to worry about actually paying the deposit till 4/15th according to the letter.
2. Once you click on that link, you'll be taken to the "Accept Admissions" page and it provides the steps and links needed to complete the activation process. Now if memory serves me right, there are going to be prompts about setting up your account, including email. VERY IMPORTANT (hint: this is where I went wrong initially), WHEN ASKED ABOUT EMAIL, KEEP IT ON THE FIRST OPTION - PURDUE OFFICE 365 MAIL. It's from there that you can access your email more easily [in my opinion]. The link to Office 365, along with myPurdue, is at the bottom of the page with the slogan "We Are Purdue" and the social media icons. I don't use the Outlook link because I literally get an error preventing me from logging in.
Once all of the activation steps are completed, it should be smooth sailing since you'll need to do the new student checklist items. It can take several minutes for things on the system's end to finalize, but once it does, you should have access to your email.
Please let me know if you, or anyone else following this thread, needs additional help with this or if my directions are not clear. I literally did this in the most complicated way, so I did my best to give the most direct instructions possible, including a warning about the mistake I made which resulted in a lot of time and headache in order to fix it.
I mostly lurk around in the background when I come onto the forums, but I'll make sure to check back every so often so I won't miss any questions.
Good luck, ChasingDVM2023 and thread!
I managed to figure it out with the help of Google and Reddit, so I'll try my best to give the simplest version of the long, complicated route I ended up doing.
1. Did you receive an email from the vet school that included your PUID and Career Account set-up password? It also should have a link to "Officially Accept/Pay Deposit". You'll need to click on that link to activate your account. You shouldn't have to worry about actually paying the deposit till 4/15th according to the letter.
2. Once you click on that link, you'll be taken to the "Accept Admissions" page and it provides the steps and links needed to complete the activation process. Now if memory serves me right, there are going to be prompts about setting up your account, including email. VERY IMPORTANT (hint: this is where I went wrong initially), WHEN ASKED ABOUT EMAIL, KEEP IT ON THE FIRST OPTION - PURDUE OFFICE 365 MAIL. It's from there that you can access your email more easily [in my opinion]. The link to Office 365, along with myPurdue, is at the bottom of the page with the slogan "We Are Purdue" and the social media icons. I don't use the Outlook link because I literally get an error preventing me from logging in.
Once all of the activation steps are completed, it should be smooth sailing since you'll need to do the new student checklist items. It can take several minutes for things on the system's end to finalize, but once it does, you should have access to your email.
Please let me know if you, or anyone else following this thread, needs additional help with this or if my directions are not clear. I literally did this in the most complicated way, so I did my best to give the most direct instructions possible, including a warning about the mistake I made which resulted in a lot of time and headache in order to fix it.
I mostly lurk around in the background when I come onto the forums, but I'll make sure to check back every so often so I won't miss any questions.
Good luck, ChasingDVM2023 and thread!