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I am interviewing at the Tuscaloosa component at the end of jan. Nervous, but Ecstatic! Everyone please share how the interviews go
I just moved to this area so I asked a million questions during my first visits. From what I gather each of the sites (except the Birmingham area) will accept 5-10 students, depending on their projected needs in the next couple years. Each hospital is hoping that the students will want to work at their hospitals when school is over, so they plan accordingly. They do accept more than needed so they and you have options. For example: last year Tuscaloosa had 8 SRNA's in clinical, but the hospital anticipated they could only hire 5 CRNA's in Dec.
Well, all that's left is the waiting! Thanks for all the advice posted here...it was pretty much dead on. The UAB-Montgomery interviews were this afternoon and they were very low stress....all that worrying! There were zero clinical questions. Just the "why CRNA"/"what have you done to prepare financially"/"family or support system"/"how do you deal with criticism" type stuff. The interview went by so fast...especially after the long wait for my turn. Of course I though of so many things on the way home that I wish I had said! Good luck everybody!
For those of you who applied to the Birmingham component, we were told this week in class that they would be sending out letters the end of this week...so start looking early next week! In our case, a thick packet was a yes and I heard a no was a thin envelope. Good luck to everyone.