{"id":104,"date":"2020-02-24T09:12:14","date_gmt":"2020-02-24T15:12:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/newstudents\/?page_id=104"},"modified":"2026-04-01T12:00:22","modified_gmt":"2026-04-01T17:00:22","slug":"activate-your-account","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/newstudents\/activate-your-account\/","title":{"rendered":"Activate Your Account"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-modular-content-collection><p><!-- begin-migrated-from-panel-builder --><\/p>\n\n\t\t<div\n\t\tclass=\"site-section site-panel__gettoknow site-panel__get_to_know panel panel-get_to_know site-panel-shape-bbc--blue-light-navy site-section__content   layout--1-col\"\n\t\tdata-depth=\"\"\n\t>\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"site-section__inner l-wrapper   layout--1-col\">\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t<div class=\"site-panel__gettoknow-content stat-count-1\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"site-panel__gettoknow-intro u-bc-grey-light t-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"site-panel__gettoknow-bg u-fc-grey-dark\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"pattern--background\" style=\"--pattern-url: url('https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/newstudents\/wp-content\/plugins\/st-olaf-gutenberg-blocks\/\/assets\/img\/backgrounds\/pattern-c.svg')\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"p-intro site-panel__gettoknow-desc\" data-depth=\"0\" data-name=\"content\" data-livetext>\n                    \n\t\t\t\t\t<h3><strong>Activating your St. Olaf Account is an important next step as you join the Class of 2030.<\/strong><\/h3>\n<h3>For students with financial aid awards, it will allow you to access your Financial Aid Online. Without an active St. Olaf account, you cannot accept your financial aid award.<\/h3>\n\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t<\/div>\n\n\n\n\t\t\t<div\n\t\t\tclass=\"site-section site-panel__wysiwyg panel panel-wysiwyg site-section__bg--default\"\n\t\t\tdata-depth=\"\"\n\t\t\tdata-js-panel=\"wysiwyg\"\n\t\t>\n\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"site-section__inner l-wrapper site-section__inner--bottom-padding-minimal\">\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t<div class=\"site-section__content \">\n\t\t<div class=\"site-grid site-grid__wrapper site-grid__wrapper-stagger\"\n\t\t\t data-depth=\"0\"\n\t\t\t data-name=\"columns\"\n\t\t\t data-livetext>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"site-grid__col\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"site-panel__wysiwyg-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"t-content \"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t data-depth=\"0\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t data-index=\"0\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t data-autop=\"true\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t data-name=\"column_content\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h1><strong>INSTRUCTIONS<\/strong><\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Step #1: search your email account<\/strong> \u2014 the same one you used for your Common Application account \u2014 for an email from St. Olaf IT (may appear as from \u201cSystem Management\u201d) with the subject line: St. Olaf account activation instructions. Be sure to check your spam folder as well.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Step #2: Follow the instructions in the email;<\/strong> you must click on\/follow the link provided in the email.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Step #3: Visit Account Services<\/strong> \u2014 The link in the email will take you to the Account Services page on the St. Olaf website; here, create your account password. (Keep it confidential and do not share with anyone, even parents!). Click the \u201ccomplete activation\u201d button.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Step #4: Confirmation<\/strong> \u2014 You\u2019ll see \u201cUsername activated\u201d on the next screen if your password is accepted. Note: you\u2019ll get an email from St. Olaf Account Services to your original email that notifies you that your St. Olaf password has been changed.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t<\/div> <!-- .site-grid__col -->\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div> <!-- .site-grid, .site-grid__wrapper -->\n\t<\/div> <!-- site-section__content -->\n\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\n\n\n\t\t\t<div\n\t\t\tclass=\"site-section site-panel__wysiwyg panel panel-wysiwyg site-section__bg--gray\"\n\t\t\tdata-depth=\"\"\n\t\t\tdata-js-panel=\"wysiwyg\"\n\t\t>\n\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"site-section__inner l-wrapper site-section__bg--gray\">\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t<div class=\"site-section__content \">\n\t\t<div class=\"site-grid site-grid__wrapper site-grid__wrapper-stagger\"\n\t\t\t data-depth=\"0\"\n\t\t\t data-name=\"columns\"\n\t\t\t data-livetext>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"site-grid__col\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"site-panel__wysiwyg-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"t-content \"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t data-depth=\"0\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t data-index=\"0\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t data-autop=\"true\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t data-name=\"column_content\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h1><strong>FYI<\/strong><\/h1>\n<p><strong>In the transition from applicant to admitted student, you will have two separate accounts: an Admissions Account and a St. Olaf Account.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The login and password you used to monitor the status of your application is your Admissions Account. This account is the one you will use to <a href=\"http:\/\/admissions.stolaf.edu\/status\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">make your enrollment deposit<\/a> and accept your place in the class, register for Admitted Student Days, and apply for a Conversation or Learning Community program.<\/p>\n<p>The St. Olaf Account you activate here will be your St. Olaf login and password for all college business going forward. It is necessary to gain access to \u2014 and accept \u2014 your financial aid award, as well as housing and course registration and other steps you will take later in the spring and summer.<\/p>\n<p><strong>If you have any questions or need help,\u00a0please do not hesitate to call or email by finding admissions officer\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/admissions\/connect\/officers\">contact information<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t<\/div> <!-- .site-grid__col -->\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div> <!-- .site-grid, .site-grid__wrapper -->\n\t<\/div> <!-- site-section__content -->\n\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\n\n\n<p><!-- end-migrated-from-panel-builder --><\/p><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1133,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_spp_custom_css":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-104","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/PbTwnq-1G","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/newstudents\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/104","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/newstudents\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/newstudents\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/newstudents\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1133"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/newstudents\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=104"}],"version-history":[{"count":19,"href":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/newstudents\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/104\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4547,"href":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/newstudents\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/104\/revisions\/4547"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/newstudents\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=104"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}