Hi all,
Richarde, I totally agree about expecting a mailer. This all feels very self-guided, but I keep thinking maybe this is the difference between undergrad and grad school?
Like Scott said, to create the Onyen you need a PID number. When I went to the Onyen creation website (
https://onyen.unc.edu/cgi-bin/unc_id/services) my PID wouldn't generate, but after emailing Gina Wooldridge she told me they are having problems with the system and gave me my PID via email. Then I used my PID to log into the same site and create my Onyen, and later that day I received an email saying my HeelMail account had been created. After you have your Onyen you can follow the link to heelmail.unc.edu and it lets you choose what you want your email address to be. So now I have an Onyen, a PID and a UNC email address.
I scheduled a phone interview and talked with Susan Brooks today (who I think is super helpful) about the next steps in the financial aid process. She said that they're having some issues with student information being entered correctly into their system, i.e. this is the reason some students (like myself) haven't received our financial aid award/loan eligibility status. She says once they work through this kink they can access our FAFSA information and we should receive an email pointing us to our financial aid award/loan eligibility.
Hope that helps! Other than that I guess they schedule us for classes and we show up on May 18 for orientation?