<p>This is my daughter's second year. From time to time she has had to visit student health. Earlier this year she had mono, and the care she received was great. Even our family doc was impressed after he had a lengthy telephone conversation with the school doc who was treating my daughter. Another situation arose recently with my daughter's health (I won't go into details, but it was a bit unusual---not a mom getting involved with a cold or flu situation), and I cannot say enough positive things about how they responsive they were to our concerns and helpful they were...everyone from clerical staff to nurses to doctors. I have found their attitude to be consistent with everything else I have learned about this place...they sincerely care about our kids and will go out of their way to be helpful. Thank you, WashU!</p>
<p>My older son contracted momo when he was at Wash U (graduated 2006). I will agree, his care exceeded everything that I would have expected from student health. He had tons of tests before they would even give him a diagnosis. Some of them even scared me, but they wanted to be certain. There wasn't much to do for it but he followed their advice and took certain precautions afterward. Needless to say the care was excetional.</p>
<p>Sorry, I should preview my reply. I meant exceptional.</p>
<p>They test everybody for mono, seems it's part of the school life.
SHS is ok, nothing exceptional of different from other colleges</p>
<p>Sorry, again, I meant mono.</p>
<p>Trapper, don't know if you are a current WashU student, but based on my experiences with other university student health centers and those that friends have told me about, I still think WashU really shines in this area. If you are a current WashU undergrad and have a different personal experience, obviously your point is valid for your experience. And I am talking about more than just a "test for mono", but overall care, including women's health issues. It is not the typical "walk-in clinic" type of attitude or quality of care that we, and others we know, have experienced at other colleges and universities. Doctors respond to emails and phone calls, even after hours. Nurses and other staff are genuinely concerned and helpful. As I said, our family doctor talked to the student health doc and told us how impressed he was with the knowledge and attitude. </p>
<p>Anyhow, I have no agenda other than to post something reflecting our experience, for what it is worth to other parents and students thinking about college choices.</p>