I have another account through my school (e.g., the law school). Do I still need a NetID?
Yes. All GW students are required to have NetID’s. The University uses the Colonial Mail address associated with your NetID to communicate academic, administrative, and emergency information to you. Other email addresses cannot be used by the system that GW uses to send important notices to all students. Most students also need their NetID’s to log into various University systems. If you do not intend to check your Colonial Mail account frequently, be sure to log into the Account Management Console and set up email forwarding to an account that you do check. (Uncheck the box labeled “Deliver a copy to inbox when forwarding email” if you don’t want your Colonial Mail inbox to receive a copy of each forwarded message.
