usf crna prgoram

I know they require 2 years of experience, which I'm still in the process of earning as well. I've asked about them here before, and no one has ever answered. They're a new program with very small classes though, so maybe there's just no one who goes there who posts. I did meet with the director a year or so ago (I signed up to do so at a USF CRNA booth at a career fair) and she gave me a little bit of advice. She strongly recommended having at least one year of cardiac surgical ICU experience at a high acuity hospital, first of all. Otherwise she just talked about having a great GPA, studying for the GRE, and she told me that there are a few classes that I could take before starting the program to make the load a little lighter the first year. Good luck!

Hey,
Just got accepted into USF CRNA program to start this Aug. I have 9 years CVICU experience, scored 1210 on GRE and GPA 3.46. I know I was one of the stronger applicants as I know someone who got in with 3.15 GPA and 4 yrs open heart experience with 910 on GRE. They are big on open heart experience which I tend to agree with as you are exposed to so much hemodynamic.. stuff. You can take a directed reading and research class as well as bio statistics at the graduate level prior to entry which will reduce your 1st semester from 15 to 9 credit hours. You just cant replace experience.... unfortunately. Where are you from? Best of luck. I hope you get in, if not usf at least somewhere.
-jskbrn