Hi all!

I’ve directly enrolled in a study abroad program in UK for one academic year and decided to add it to my LSAC account and request a transcript. However, I’ve just got an email from the study abroad institution saying that they are unable to send the transcript in the post because the campus has not returned to the situation before the pandemic (the majority of school staff remain working from home and students are to receive transcripts electronically), and they can only issue transcripts by pdf.

My question is, assuming that LSAC will not accept any other form of transcript even in such an unusual time, should I request to get this institution removed from my account? (I believe this transcript is not necessarily required) If so, since I do wish to show my academic records from this study abroad program, will I be able to include the transcript as an addendum (or through any other way) later in the application process?

I've emailed LSAC about this and haven't yet got any response, so I'm hoping if someone here has encountered the similar situation and is willing to offer some direction! Any suggestion is much valued :) Thank you so much!!

does anyone know that whether there will a date appearing on your recommendation letter? like when it is written by the recommender or when it is uploaded to the LSAC, etc. I'm asking this because I will apply next year but would like to get a letter of recs from a professor that I had classes with last semester during my exchange. I'm thinking about getting the letter into the system first and using it next year when I'm applying, but also worry about whether the date (if there is one) would cause any confusion...or that doesn't matter?

or maybe, should I ask for that next year? just thought that now i won't really need to refresh his memory about me since we talked around 2 months ago.

Thanks for your advice!! :)