Am I competitive for CRNA schools?

[Want to be crna]

Hey guys! I am an international student who came to the US and earned his BSN degree. I would like to know if CRNA programs accept international students. I also would like to know if my GPA is competitive enough to even bother myself applying to any CRNA programs.

I have earned 173.29 undergraduate credit hours with an overall BSN GPA of 3.83 here in the US. As of now, I am currently working in the Cardiac Intensive Care Unit at a level 1 trauma center. I plan on working at least two years in the ICU before applying to any CRNA program. I already have my ACLS certification, and I am working on getting my CCRN and TNCC certifications.

Will these certifications positively affect my acceptance to any CRNA programs? I heard some schools look at science GPA and the last 60 credit hours of the undergraduate degree. Is that true?

I took College Algebra, Pre-calculus, Calculus, Statistics, Anatomy and physiology 1 and 2, principles of Biology 1 and 2, Principles of Chemistry 1 and 2 (not basic biology nor survey of chemistry) and made all A's. I also made A's in all my nursing classes.

Do CRNA programs look at Math grades when deciding who gets in? However, I made a C in microbiology because of the reason below: I came to the US as an international student to further my education. During a semester, I was missing 4 credit hours and all the classes that I needed for my BSN were all taken except Microbiology. According to my BSN program, Anatomy / Physiology 1 and 2 plus Environmental sciences 1 and 2 were prerequisites for Microbiology. However, my advisor overrode and registered me for Microbiology, so I can maintain my full time status as an F1 student and also keep my two scholarships I was getting.

I still remembered her saying, You are very smart and you have a great GPA. I think you will do fine not having none of prerequisites".

She then overrode the class and here I was taking Microbiology with lab. I still recall the name of the instructorJ . The Department Head of Biology was aware of her issues with the class. I am sorry to say it but she was a terrible instructor (Being late to class plus not teaching the materials appropriately were her issues. Also, she wouldn't allow us to have access to her PowerPoint not even before or after lectures). More than half of the class dropped her course, but I couldn't drop her class although I was advised. I would have not meet my F1 status and scholarship requirements if I had dropped the class. It was a bad experience having none of the prerequisites and having a terrible instructor. She was fired the next semester. This was my story of getting a C in microbiology. It is also why my transcript shows that microbiology was taken before any prerequisites were taken.

Would one C on my transcript affect my acceptance to any CRNA program? Do you guys recommend me retaking that microbiology class again? I will of course get an A if I retake it :)

I didn't take any physics during my undergrad because I had the option to take chemistry which I did. Should I take physics 1 and 2 and would they be helpful in CRNA Schools?

Thanks for your time!

[JoJo_Mommy, BSN]

International students are accepted and I would think without a doubt that you'd get into a program. Just look up the school you want to attend and see what the admission requirements are. Good luck even though I doubt you need it :)