When will I get my NYU Username?

First, let’s define what your NYU credentials are and when you’ll use them.

Net ID:

• What is it: Your Net ID is a combination of letters and numbers normally based on your initials. (e.g. abc123)
• When will you use it: Your Net ID will be your username. You’ll log in to your application status page with it. Later if you become a student, you’ll use this to log in to NYU Home and it will become your NYU email address ([email protected]).
• Aliases: You may also hear people call this your username, NYU Email, or Network ID.

University ID:

• What is it: Your NYU University ID is a number starting with the letter “N” followed by eight digits. (e.g. N99999999)
• When will you use it: This is your identification number that all NYU offices will use to find your record in our systems. Include it in any emails with NYU.
• Aliases: You may also here people call this your Campus ID or N Number.

You’ll use both of these NYU IDs to set up your NYU account on the NYU Start website.

If you click submit during August or September the wait can be quite long. The application opens for each new cycle on August 1 and if you’re one of our first applicants, you’ll be waiting almost two full months for your NYU username. We begin sending out NYU credentials by the beginning of October each year. This is after the university completes it’s census. Census is an annual snapshot of the university. Just like the national census done every ten years, our annual census allows the university to plan sufficient student support as well as report out data required by the government and our accrediting body. After this census is completed, we start assigning IDs to the new applicants.

If you submit your application anytime between October through mid-December, you’ll experience the shortest wait times for your NYU username. In general, you’ll receive your application acknowledgment email the day after you click submit. Your NYU IDs email with instructions for accessing your status page arrives on the following day. You can learn more about why there is still a two day delay in my article about the application processing timeline.

The deadline for Early Decision I and spring transfer applicants falls during this time on November 1. If you apply on the deadline you may experience one extra day delay, taking it out to 3 days.

If you’re applying as a first year, the deadlines for Early Decision II and Regular Decision both come in early January. Each year we receive tens of thousands of applications on the days surrounding these final deadlines. We need more time to process the influx of applications. Therefore, your NYU credentials are delayed and you may wait a week or more.

The deadlines for fall transfer applications come in the spring with most applying by our April 1 deadline. However, if you’re a second degree program applicant, your priority deadline is March 1. If you are applying for one of these programs, you can expect to experience the shortest waiting time of 2 days for your NYU username. However, if you apply right on the deadline you may wait 3 – 4 days for your NYU IDs.