School is shutting down my email that is attached to all of my med school apps, what do I do?

[TheCerebralAssassin]

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My former university is shutting down all alumni email accounts to cut costs. As such, I am freaking out because I have all of my medical school applications attached to that email. Has anybody else experienced this situation and if so, what do you do?

 

[kianekeni]

I'm pretty sure you can update your email on your AMCAS so that all future correspondence goes to a different email.

 

[Mr.Smile12]

Email addresses are updatable in all application services.

edit/PS: Back up all your photos and files in your cloud drives before your account shuts down. (Thanks Google for Education.)

 

[TheCerebralAssassin]

I'm pretty sure you can update your email on your AMCAS so that all future correspondence goes to a different email.

So if I just updated the email in AMCAS, and lets say I already had an interview with a medical school, they will send the admission decision to the new email?

 

[Angler]

I would check with your former school to see if they'll do email forwarding. I'm surprised that an email service provider would do that without significant notice.

 

[Mr.Smile12]

So if I just updated the email in AMCAS, and lets say I already had an interview with a medical school, they will send the admission decision to the new email?

It depends on the application management portal, but you should get a decision through your new email. Trust but verify.

 

[onycho]

Yep, just went through this. Updating it on AMCAS works but make sure you re-submit your application so it saves