<p>Can someone explain the whole barcode thing to me? Do we have to request them or does USC automatically send it to all prospective students? The only thing I have received so far is the guidebook which has my USC ID #... is that my permanent number from now on?</p>
<p>they send you it along with the paper application sometime early in the school year</p>
<p>If I have to give my teacher/counselor the recommendation forms before I receive the barcodes, can I just write my ID number in the box for the barcode?</p>
<p>^yes, just write your number in the box for the barcode</p>
<p>i lost all of my barcodes, so i had to write my id number in all the boxes. lol</p>
<p>they never sent me any
so i just wrote "SSN: XXX-XX-XXXX" in the box
actually, i didnt read the part where the # is supposed to be on EVERY page (like all pages of the essay), so i bunch of my pages didnt have any number on them. haha, WOOPS!
i got in first wave so it obviously is not terribly important.</p>