College or Personal Email Address for Networking

Hi everyone,

I’m currently preparing for IB recruiting and am wondering whether my college or personal email address is better to use for networking. I've heard mixed opinions on this. Some suggest that using a college email can improve response rates from alumni and reduce the risk of emails landing in spam folders. Others believe that a personal email address appears more professional.

What are your thoughts or experiences with this?

Thanks a lot!

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i go to a semi target with a strong alum network so maybe that’s why? my personal gmail seems too random and unprofessional

 

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When networking, professional will have to read deeper to see if you are qualified or not which there is a lower chance that they actually take the time to vs them seeing @harvard.edu right off the bat.

 
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