I mean, the rational part of my brain agrees with you. It's just that they basically said in bold, underlined words: 'You must submit your completed undergraduate transcript by June 15th. You're offer of admissions is contingent upon this. If you miss the deadline, you will not be enrolled or registered for classes in the Fall.'

After researching for hours, I figured out it is an ABA requirement to have that info on file but interestingly, other schools are perfectly fine with whatever was submitted through the extortion machine that is LSAC. But nope, not XXX University. The irrational part of my brain was sure that my seat was going to be given to someone on the waitlist.

The applications and admissions process is absolutely nuts. I was literally going crazy thinking about all of the money that has been lifted from my account for seat deposits, LSAC fees, LSAT fees, practice tests -- it's like jumping through an infinite number of progressively smaller and hyper-detailed hoops -- and that's in a normal year! In 2020, all of that on top of everything else is literally enough to drive a person mad.

And since I would have spent the next 24 hours in existential dread - at least until the admissions office opens up and they must take my calls - I really, really appreciate your feedback here. Community makes this misery sufferable.