Overview May 1 is the national accept deadline. All admitted students must accept their offer of admission by this date, at which point they can claim their NetId and have their illinois.edu email address. May 1 will therefore serve as a transition date for units to start communicating with incoming students using their illinois.edu email address. At this point in the cycle, units will create and send emails to incoming students through Webtools, or any other way that you use to communicate with current students. If you wish to communicate with prospective students, units should continue to send those via Slate and [...]