Once you make your UW ID, you can access your email through plain gmail website using your ID and password that you just registered with, then it'll prompt you to login again through the UW log-in for verification, then voila your inbox.
In terms of wanting to get your e-mails forwarded or not. You can change the settings by logging onto http://myuwnetid.washington.edu >> UW email forwarding. Setting it at "forward to google apps" keeps your mail there instead of forwarding to another address. I was having such a hard time trying to register for the fb group because the setting was at "stop UW Mail" when I checked it 😵
To those that got accepted into UW I was wondering what if you guys would share your PCAT and GPA. I have a 3.73 overall GPA and 3.80 in prereqs. I got a 70 composite on my PCAT and I'm wondering if I should take it.