<p>...have a physical/shots before you enter college?</p>
<p>The school I've been accepted to has yet to send me any info. I need to find out while I'm still on my parents' insurance :)</p>
<p>I believe at most schools yes. At least the two schools I’ve been to I had to. Though most insurances allow full time college students to remain listed under their parents, so you may want to check that out.</p>
<p>My school required shots (if you didn’t have them you couldn’t register for second semester – ouch!) so I assume same goes for most schools.</p>
<p>OH and btw you can still be on your parents insurance in college. They just need to fill out some form I think… That way you won’t insurance put into your tuition bill.</p>
<p>My school didn’t require any shots though one of them was optional and highly recommended… I have yet to be sick this year =) (or any past 2 1/2 years for that matter…)</p>
<p>oh nooo… i hate going to the doctors… do they really require freshmen to have a physical?
what about going to the dentist?</p>
<p>btw, in Europe (at least where I am from) public secondary schools take all students for a yearly physical/dentist apps to a hospital… now that sucks(</p>
<p>I had to get a physical before entering college and had to make sure that I had all the necessary shots.</p>
<p>I didn’t have to have a physical (don’t even have a doctor) and I think it may have only even been recommended that I submit my immunization record. I am a decade late for a tetanus booster. Should get on that. XD</p>
<p>And an American school is definitely not going to care if you go to the dentist. At most they will require some immunizations, and apparently possibly a physical.</p>
<p>My college required a number of immunizations as well as blood and urine analyses before they let us register for classes. Getting a general physical and submitting a summary of our medical history was optional in theory, but necessary to be seen at the Health Center.</p>
<p>Weren’t most of these shots required to start kindergarten? (Or am I confusing them? Or are they booster shots?)</p>
<p>do it anyway?</p>
<p>You might find the forms you have to complete on the health center website. Congrats on the early acceptance!</p>
<p>Most schools require up to date shots including Hepatitus (not spelling that right…), tetanus, meningitus (that’s the most important one). If any of your other shots are out of date, you usually have to get them updated, but I would say tetanus, meningitus, and hepatitus are the main three they ask you to have. </p>
<p>You usually don’t need a complete physical, or a dental exam, though it’s a good idea to get a full work up before you leave for school. You won’t be able to see your family doctors for six months in most cases and you want to be sure you’re starting healthy.</p>
<p>Thanks everyone! I have surfed my #1 school’s website and haven’t found the answer. I think I will email them and ask. </p>
<p>I want to get this done while I’m still at my pediatrician’s (he will be kicking me out in May! Eep!) and before I turn 18, because I will still be on my dad’s insurance.</p>
<p>(My parents are divorced, so I am on his insurance until we turn 18 in the summer. Can’t wait for him to open the bills and see the all the bills! Physical, eye doctor, dentist, chiropractor, wisdom teeth… I’m getting it all done while he’s still paying! Haha!)</p>
<p>That reminds me, I have to turn my immunization forms in by yesterday. Oopsie daisy.</p>