@geowrian   I FIGURED IT OUT! 🎆   Okay so I called USCIS again, and I was talking to this lady and of course was being the normal (mis)information line, said can't get a SSN until use EAD blah blah blah, and I this time just finally said, "I'm sorry I have to stop you, you are wrong, you can get a SSN if you are within the first 76 days of your I-94 as your still in good status, and that is exactly what we are trying to do"  and she just responded by saying, yes you are corre