specific question about transcripts CUNY apps

[bugbear]

I don't know who else is applying to CUNY, but I had a question about their process for submitting transcripts. They require you to send a "transcript request form" to the institutions you need transcripts from, and they are supposed to mail the form along with the transcript back to you, and then you finally mail the whole thing to CUNY. Some schools ask you to get the institution to send it directly to them, and some ask you to get a sealed copy from your institution and mail to the school you're applying to yourself. But CUNY is the first place I've seen that requires you to have a specific form along with the transcript, and I'm a bit confused about how it works. Can I just send them an official, sealed copy of my transcript, but without the transcript request form? Why even require it in the first place? The reason I'm asking is, I already have a transcript I could send to them, but if the request form needs to be included in the envelope with the transcript, then I have to request another transcript, mail them the request form, have them mail it back to me, and then mail it to CUNY, which would take a while.

Is anyone else applying there, and how did you handle the transcript issue?

[wannabee]

Have you tried calling the staff in graduate admissions? If the transcripts are being mailed to them, rather than the actual department, this is what I would do.