Originally Posted by soliant12
Just call the schools you are intersted in and ask for the program directors and tell them you are looking for a program with an easy acceptance and want to know if theres fits the bill. Let us know what they say so people on here will know.
That's pretty funny!
But, I agree with your point. And, if there did exist a listing that ranked the easiest schools to get into, the easiest schools would obviously very quickly become the most difficult schools to get into, due to the dramatic increase in applications that would ensue.
About a year ago, I e-mailed many of the CRNA schools in which I am interested and asked them several questions about their programs, and most of them either ignored my questions about GPA and GRE scores or they would say something general, like avg GPA is above a 3.0 and avg GRE is above 1000, but a couple of them told me that GPA and GRE do not matter too much to them, as long as GPA is above a 3.0 and GRE is above 1000.
I understand what you are after, krzysiu, but it looks like this kind of information is something we have to figure out (guess) on our own. My suggestion is to learn as much as possible about the CRNA profession, by talking to and shadowing CRNAs, learn what it is that you are wanting from your CRNA education, find out which schools offer what you want, and apply to them. For example, it is well known that the Mayo CRNA school doesn't teach Swan-Ganz catheter placement, so if you are wanting to learn that skill, don't apply to the Mayo's CRNA school. Apply to as many schools as you can afford (i.e. app fees, travel costs, time, etc) and hopefully someone will take you. The more schools you apply to, the higher your chance of getting accepted somewhere.
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