Endless paperwork

I knew the grad school application process would be grueling and involve lots of forms and paperwork (online paperwork, but paperwork nonetheless). But I thought it would end once I was accepted to and accepted a school! Not so. There is currently a rather large stack of forms - like, physical paper forms - that has been residing on the piano bench for the past week, waiting for me to finish filling them out. This has been a lengthy process, involving much research into which insurance policy I should have (but my father did this, whew), the address of the local newspaper (yet unfound), the dates of various vaccinations (need a new tetanus, ick), and my student ID number (also yet unfound), as well as numerous signatures.

I'm curious why I even need this large stack of paper forms. I applied online to go to college, and that was four years ago. I applied to go to grad school online - a much lengthier form - and that was just seven months ago. So why is there not an email form for me to fill out about my vaccinations and which insurance policy I choose and which newspaper to notify about my acceptance to grad school? Online forms would make my life a lot easier. I've had several forms filled out for a week, but they only sent one envelope for all the forms, and I'm not going to waste an extra envelope and stamp just to send in two pieces of paper. If the forms were online, though, I could have sent them in and crossed them off my list days ago. And there wouldn't be so much paper being used.

Anyway, assuming I can track down my local newspaper's address, my forms are all set and ready to send off tomorrow. Just in time for the holiday weekend.