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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Elementary/middle/high schools may have the info as well. But I agree, get Torres drawn and just get what you need.[/quote]

Not the OP, but the OP needs to think outside the box with logic like this.  I started a 4 year school beyond the norm, and had to provide shot records as well.  My mother had them, and I got a few boosters from my primary care physician and had no issues with the college after that.

I can't believe the OP's parents don't have this.  There are certain things that parents should hold to or give to their kids when they are on their own, this and original birth certificate are two of those things.  [/quote]

It's not hard to believe. I only have my childhood medical records because I had to submit them when I applied to the Air Force. However, I knew where to get them because (1) I had the same doctor throughout childhood; (2) his practice was still around; and (3) my parents are very educated people who know these things and told me what to do. Not everyone is so lucky with any of these counts. If I had to supply records from my college and law school years, when I sporadically saw nurses at the awful university clinic, it would be much harder.

OP, since you don't know whom you saw as a child, here's what you should do:

1. Find out exactly which vaccinations the college requires. Look on the form or call whoever is listed on the form and ask.
2. Go to CVS or urgent care and get titers drawn to see if you are immune for the various disease listed on your form. Call ahead to make sure they can do this so you don't waste a trip.
3. Get vaccinated for the ones for which you are not immune. CVS or urgent care can do this.
4. Keep copies of your titer results and vaccinations in case you have to provide proof in the future, and so you remember to get boosters as needed.
4. Establish a relationship with a primary care provider going forward so that you have someone to coordinate this stuff. Now you are 30, you may start thinking about things like kids or what not in the future that will make your own health more of a priority, and most specialists ask for a primary care doctor for their records.
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