[rn91]

Reality is what reality is. I live and work in in New York City. The majority of nurses in New York City is people of color (some of the smartest people). I have work in New York Cornell to hospitals in Brooklyn. The two school in New York City have a small percent of AA and other people of color. Columbia University 2 out of 30 student. Many people of color applied, I know this for a fact. Downstate Medical Center this year 4 student. These are school that serve the community that is 99% people of color. The schools in CT only have admitted 1 to 2 people of color every 2-3 years are so. New Jersey first class 1 student of color, this year due to a lot of noise, they admitted 3 people of color ( one with a gpa of 4.0) When you have workhard to achieve a goal it is heartbroken to know that color matter. When I take care of my patients, I do not see color or I would not have choosen nursing as my career. I believe in fairness for all and hope that more people of color will continue to gain acceptance. Over the years I have informed high school student about the field of nurse anesthesia, hoping to informed them of this wondereful field. As written before I am not taking anything away from other qualify student who have gain admission. Sometimes I wonder why do they do interviews? It is to see what the applicant look like? Hate to sound like an angry minority. But good luck to all that are applying, minority or majority.

[SigmaSRNA]

Originally Posted by rn91

Reality is what reality is. I live and work in in New York City. The majority of nurses in New York City is people of color (some of the smartest people). I have work in New York Cornell to hospitals in Brooklyn. The two school in New York City have a small percent of AA and other people of color. Columbia University 2 out of 30 student. Many people of color applied, I know this for a fact. Downstate Medical Center this year 4 student. These are school that serve the community that is 99% people of color. The schools in CT only have admitted 1 to 2 people of color every 2-3 years are so. New Jersey first class 1 student of color, this year due to a lot of noise, they admitted 3 people of color ( one with a gpa of 4.0) When you have workhard to achieve a goal it is heartbroken to know that color matter. When I take care of my patients, I do not see color or I would not have choosen nursing as my career. I believe in fairness for all and hope that more people of color will continue to gain acceptance. Over the years I have informed high school student about the field of nurse anesthesia, hoping to informed them of this wondereful field. As written before I am not taking anything away from other qualify student who have gain admission. Sometimes I wonder why do they do interviews? It is to see what the applicant look like? Hate to sound like an angry minority. But good luck to all that are applying, minority or majority.

It is a shame when that happens. But I will speak from my own program ( Texas Wesleyan University) in that they don't see color. I believe only 11 AAs applied and there are 9 in our class. As long as you have the grades, experience, and crush the interview, your good here. That's why you can't just look to go to school in your own state if you can help it.

[TexasGas]

At TWU this is a non-issue. Fact is there are very very low numbers of blacks and other (races other than white) in the ICU. That is a fact. CRNA schools require ICU experience.

For me personally, topics like this wear me out. I have a 1/2 black 1/2 white cousin that is a CRNA. I look up to him, and he has been my mentor as I prepared to get in to school. I never think of his racial make-up until posts like this pop up. His dad is my uncle, and always has been. Just so happens he's black.............. SO WHAT?

I am glad that so many posts about TWU that are on here show that Texas is not some racist land as portrayed by the Northeast & hollywood.

[Businessman]

Discrimination topics will always be tinged with politics. Great strides have been made in "leveling" the playing field, but to require perfection, it's unrealistic.
I am a white non-Anglo: I have difficulty making close friendships with almost everybody: whites, b/c I didn't grow up here, blacks b/c I'm not black, etc.
Yet everybody is nice and professional. I work in an 30 bed SICU in a level I trauma center that has an anesthesia school. None of my coworkers are black. Only two Hispanics. My boss goes to about 10 schools to recruit minority nurses, but nobody shows up.

The anesthesia class has 2 blacks and one Middle Eastern, out of of 12 students. That's a pretty good percentage, given the pool of candidates.

[athomas91]

i go to drexel - our program is diverse..
i have been to 3 clinical sites thus far and have at each one had at least one CRNA that was not caucasion.

i think that although it is important to identify if race is used to discriminate it is just as important to identify if the individual is interviewing to their own detriment. it is easier to blame one's "color" or ethnicity that to identify what they can change to increase chances of acceptance to a program - it is the whole package not just grades/gre OR interview. PLENTY of caucasion males and females are turned down every day - i would even go on a limb and say there is a higher percentage of these individuals turned down than those of any other ethnicity just due to the number of applicants and the percentages of who is applying.
so for all those who have been denied - keep on trucking - decifer things you can change to help you attain your goal - and try to be careful in using ethnicity as a crutch if you don't succeed.
again - when there is true discrimination i feel it should be pursued - and and made right.

[hdorsey]

Congrats!!! I am an African American woman with a BSN in 2006. I too am considering applying for a CRNA program. I am willing to go out of state, where has everyone applied to anesthesia school?

[hdorsey]

Thanks! I am willing to go anywhere for anesthesia school, do you have any suggestions?

[foxyhill21]

This minority forum has been very encouraging. I am a minority and have been entertaining the idea of going to CRNA school (b/e it is a challenge and I love challenges), Hopefully I will soon decide between CRNA or CNM/WHNP.

[London88]

Villanova University / crozer medical center has a ethnic diversified class. A third of this years class that just graduated were ethnic minorities out of 21 students.
As long as you have the qualifications the director will give you a fair chance. There were four AA students, and three Asian students. There are many good schools in Philadelphia, and it is a good market for all students regardless of race.

[athomas91]

London88- you go to crozer's program
i have shared multiple clinical sites with many of their students...