Looking at some posts both in this forum and in the PRE-CRNA forum, I'm interested to know what the "wash out" rate is at your, or other, schools? What rate do you think is fair?
Part of the reason I ask is this....lots of nursing schools (regular BSN or ADN schools) are pulling from generally the same group of large applicants. Some schools wash out 5% of their students, some wash out 90% of their students (this is a local survey in the Houston area).
The only way these programs are monitored by the Texas Board is their pass rate on the NCLEX, so if they take in 100 students, fail 99 of them, and the one that graduates passes the NCLEX, the school gets a good review.
How do you feel about CRNA programs?
What is a "good" or acceptable wash out rate?
I think that a school should be forced to tell a student if the school has a higher than average wash out rate, because, on the whole, most applicants are nearly uniform between schools, and a high wash out rate would indicate to me that the school has the problem, not the student.
It's easy - just look around. Tons of posts about "my GPA is too low", "do I really need ICU experience" and (personal fav) "how can I skip being an RN and go right to anesthesia school".
You mentioned GRE...what do you (or anyone attending) think most school's acceptable level is for GRE scores is? I took the GRE when considering another profession and passed for "my" school's graduate program; however...am assuming a CRNA program's standards would be higher?????
In my opinion if you are really considering attending a CRNA program washout rate should really not be too great of a concern. People are dismissed from programs for various reasons, grades, attitude and some may bow out for personal reasons.
Looking simply at percents does not say to much if you are not taking into consideration of class size. The real concern should be passage rate on the boards the first time. That would be one of my main concerns.
My CRNA program lost 3 students out of about 28. One for grades although he re-entered the following year and is doing quite well. two for personal reasons one due to a girlfriend issue and again re-entered the following year and is also going to be a fine anesthetist. The third was due to some spousal/emotional issues and although re-entering the following year was dropped from the program for good.
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It's easy - just look around. Tons of posts about "my GPA is too low", "do I really need ICU experience" and (personal fav) "how can I skip being an RN and go right to anesthesia school".
-S