Arkansas State 2019 CRNA

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So, I completed my application to Arkansas State's MSN CRNA program beginning in 2019. I was relieved to have everything submitted by the priority deadline. Who else out there is trying for this school? Anyone have any information about the interview process?

Let's just all hope that there are no more interviews after this week, and if that's the case, we literally have about a 50% chance of getting in. Trying to focus on that!

Yea i am seriously doubting there will be more interviews next week.

I would have expected someone to have posted mentioning a possible interview.

Cant wait to know.

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I agree! I have had several friends who have gone through and who are going through the program. They all have nothing but great things to say about it. I'm from Arkansas :)

I wonder if we do get in? -- What are the chances that we can get last years syllabus for the chemistry - pharmacokinetics to start memorizing early. That molecular stuff is frightening. I understand that didactic (first two semesters) are the hardest part of the program.

You being so tight, MICURN30, with the already established AR students, you'll be first in my bff list. HaHa. BTW, I love your state. Red: like my politics and wolves of course.

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HI Ran, haha, i think we differ in our ideas of fun :) j/k

Indeed, it was a learning experience.

What other schools are you looking into? Where are you from?

Gluck

Without giving to much away, I will share North Carolina at Charlotte. Master of Science in Nursing - Nurse Anesthesia | School of Nursing | UNC Charlotte Sep 10 deadline. 30K instate, 45-50 OOstate tuition. A solid learning institution.

As far as where I am from my friend, for all I know you could be Dr. Hammond and DefibQueen88 could be Dr. Black. Let's reserve those questions until we get to the other side -- being accepted that is. Then, knowing all your posts, I'll sneak up on you one day and .... psst, TXNCRNA110, is that you?

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HI Ran, haha, i think we differ in our ideas of fun :) j/k

Indeed, it was a learning experience.

What other schools are you looking into? Where are you from?

Gluck

Without giving too much away, North Carolina at Charlotte Nurse Anesthesia Program, Sep 10 Deadline. InState 30K. OOState 50K. As far as where I am from, for all I know you could be Dr. Hammond and DefibQueen88 could be Dr. Black. Lets reserve those questions until we are on the other side. Once accepted into the program, by knowing your posts, I'll be able to sneak up on you and .... psst, TXNCRNA110, that's you isn't it? Welcome.

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Without giving too much away, North Carolina at Charlotte Nurse Anesthesia Program, Sep 10 Deadline. InState 30K. OOState 50K. As far as where I am from, for all I know you could be Dr. Hammond and DefibQueen88 could be Dr. Black. Lets reserve those questions until we are on the other side. Once accepted into the program, by knowing your posts, I'll be able to sneak up on you and .... psst, TXNCRNA110, that's you isn't it? Welcome.

I promise I'm not! But I completely understand where you are coming from and feel we need to be prudent with what we post on here.

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I promise I'm not! But I completely understand where you are coming from and feel we need to be prudent with what we post on here.

Haha, thats right i am Dr. Hammond !!

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Haha, thats right i am Dr. Hammond !!

Most def, be careful with posts :)

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I stumbled upon this thread and thought I would share my two cents. I'm currently in the program. It was almost a month after interviews when we found out. We received emails informing us of our acceptance. They took 35 of us. My interview had a few clinical questions but nothing like some of you are mentioning so I wouldn't be super discouraged if you didn't get a ton of clinical questions. Dr Black reviewed my pretest during the interview but we never discussed it. I do not think your "grade" on that plays any part in the selection process. It just gives them an idea of what you know. I think it's all about how you handle yourself in the interview. Good luck to all of you!

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I stumbled upon this thread and thought I would share my two cents. I'm currently in the program. It was almost a month after interviews when we found out. We received emails informing us of our acceptance. They took 35 of us. My interview had a few clinical questions but nothing like some of you are mentioning so I wouldn't be super discouraged if you didn't get a ton of clinical questions. Dr Black reviewed my pretest during the interview but we never discussed it. I do not think your "grade" on that plays any part in the selection process. It just gives them an idea of what you know. I think it's all about how you handle yourself in the interview. Good luck to all of you!

But for some of us, 1/3 or 1/2 of our interview did consist of reviewing the pretest, so it must have some weight, right?

PS- Thank you for your post and insight as someone presently in the program. It's nice to see things from that perspective!

Do you know how many were interviewed for your admission class?

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No official number but we tried to do the math like y'all. There were 3 interview days and roughly 20-25 each day so somewhere between 60-75 if I had to guess. I definitely feel like they use the pretest in some way or another but ultimately I feel like it came down to the interview and how you handled their questions!

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Wow ASU2020, Thank you so much for shedding some light on the topic. It gives it so much more weight when someone who is going through the program gives their perspective. Since we would be class 2021 I would assume your interview was 2017??? If that is the case, then you are just finishing your second semester??? How many months into your period of study, did things click to the point that you innately felt, "ok, I got this." Or, has that period still not arrived yet? If the above is correct, then you will be starting clinical s soon. Excited for you. Hopefully one day we can meet. The best to you ASU2020!

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Thank you! And yes you are correct I just finished my second semester and will be starting clinical in a little over a week! Ah! I still haven't really experienced the "I got this" feeling yet and I'm sure it'll be senior year before I experience that. I feel like after the first round of tests we had I really figured out a good study schedule that worked well for me as well as study methods that worked for each particular class which made studying after that easier because I knew exactly how to approach every test (for the most part). And I really feel like clinical will help put all the pieces together and make things click!

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