Documents needed before matriculation

[Asklepios89]

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I'm going to travel to South America for 5 months before going to med school this fall. Since i won't be able to bring all of my important documents with me and then mail things from South America to the US (sorry, i have no trust in the postal systems there), i was going to lay out all required documents and copies and such for my family to send in. I have an acceptance but am also on waitlists i hope to get off of. So i don't know where i will ultimately end up. My question is, what documents have to be sent to med schools before matriculation, that i can't do online?
E.g. Copies of immunization records and titers?

 

[mvenus929]

I believe my school required a final transcript (which I could send online). For student health, we had to have documented PPD testing and immunization records sent in, proving either immunity or vaccination against Varicella and Hep B (possibly Rubella). But a lot of people didn't start that until they actually arrived in town to start med school, since it wasn't due until the end of the month after we started.

 

[NickNaylor]

I believe my school required a final transcript (which I could send online). For student health, we had to have documented PPD testing and immunization records sent in, proving either immunity or vaccination against Varicella and Hep B (possibly Rubella). But a lot of people didn't start that until they actually arrived in town to start med school, since it wasn't due until the end of the month after we started.

This is also what we add in addition to some basic administrative stuff that we had to complete.