Are you a prospective high school or transfer student? Would you like to chat with a USC Admissions Counselor using your favorite instant messenger program? You can! Here's how:

	Use any of these instant messengers		With these screen names
	AOL Instant Messenger		admissionsUSC (no spaces)
	Yahoo! Instant Messenger		admissionsusc (no spaces)
	MSN Instant Messenger		admissionsUSC@hotmail.com
	ICQ Nickname		admissionsUSC (no spaces)

A USC admissions representative will be available from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. EST Monday through Thursday.

If a counselor is not available, an "away" message will be sent to let you know when they will return. Please refer questions about your application status to our Processing Department at 1-800-868-5872.

Download one of the above Instant Messenger clients
To chat with one of our admission counselors, you'll need to have an Instant Messenger client (software application) installed on your computer. If you don't have an IM client yet, use the links below to download one:

http://www.aim.com
http://messenger.yahoo.com
http://messenger.msn.com/download/
http://www.icq.com/icq2go/

Remember to be patient as we will accommodate messages as they arrive. Please refer questions about your application status to our Processing Department at 1-800-868-5872. Due to the unsecured nature of web chats, counselors can not disclose status information during web chats. All status updates should be requested directly through the Processing Department. .

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