Bryan College of Health CRNA Program 2020

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Starting this thread for people that are applying and for general information. Last year they had a record number of applicants.

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Interviews for Bryan will be held September 20th and 21st. That is a lot earlier than last years interviews.

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@CowboyMedic just curious, how do you know that? Is that for sure?

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18 minutes ago, bchampa12 said:

@CowboyMedic just curious, how do you know that? Is that for sure?

It came from the graduate admissions administrative assistant. I emailed her asking about when interviews would be. They plan to have interview invites out by September 6th.

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Hey, current student here. Ran into this thread and wanted to offer any help if possible :)

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30 minutes ago, PropofolForAll said:

Hey, current student here. Ran into this thread and wanted to offer any help if possible :)

Yes, how are the interviews? What is your favorite part about the program and what is something you dislike?

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Just in case you didn't see is was posted in last years post regarding the interviews at Bryan:

"Four fifteen minute interviews occur all with current professors and CRNA clinical staff. About 10-15 minutes each and one 15 minute interview with the dean. This last one is more informational then an interview. She does still ask a couple non clinical questions. [Such as financial situation and if you have family that could help if needed]. Current SRNAs [I'll help out on Saturday interviews] are there to take you to and back from the interviews and the best advice I can give you is to ask them questions about who is interviewing you. They are happy to help and let you know about what you can expect. They don't tell you what you'll be asked specifically. More just the professors personality and what they are like and what you can most likely expect.

One of the instructors likes to ask anatomy and/or neuro questions [Dr. Jones, he is a neuro-anatomist] however he didn't ask me any. Only talk about what you want to talk about and feel comfortable going into detail about and you will be fine.

Another professor will ask about any low grades you have received and want an explaination of why."

My favorite part of the program is the support and how they keep classes as focused on anesthesia as possible. They don't expect you to be a master of chemistry, physics, statistics, etc nor should they because after all how much of it will matter after boards? I can't imagine going into a program that has too much emphasis on these broad subject areas. Don't take this the wrong way, they do a great job of teaching you what you need to know to make you a great anesthesia provider. They just also do a great job of telling you what to not worry about.

I am having a hard time thinking of anything really negative about the program. I mean everyone has complaints about little things but I feel like it is more just trying to cope and get through or someone being ornery about a certain test/question.

My only complaint is I wish they did a better job of showing all the expenses coming up. Sometimes you will not have much notice of a supply requried. For example, a wireless stethoscope for peds cases. This makes things tricky if you don't have a lot in savings and are living off loans which take about a month to get more of if you run out. No big deal though just find someone further in the program and they can let you know. Problem solved.

Also while I am thinking about it, I have heard some pretty sketchy things about clarkson in Omaha. If you are thinking about applying there you may want to look into their pass rates and how some of their classes are conducted.

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2 hours ago, PropofolForAll said:

Just in case you didn't see is was posted in last years post regarding the interviews at Bryan:

"Four fifteen minute interviews occur all with current professors and CRNA clinical staff. About 10-15 minutes each and one 15 minute interview with the dean. This last one is more informational then an interview. She does still ask a couple non clinical questions. [Such as financial situation and if you have family that could help if needed]. Current SRNAs [I'll help out on Saturday interviews] are there to take you to and back from the interviews and the best advice I can give you is to ask them questions about who is interviewing you. They are happy to help and let you know about what you can expect. They don't tell you what you'll be asked specifically. More just the professors personality and what they are like and what you can most likely expect.

One of the instructors likes to ask anatomy and/or neuro questions [Dr. Jones, he is a neuro-anatomist] however he didn't ask me any. Only talk about what you want to talk about and feel comfortable going into detail about and you will be fine.

Another professor will ask about any low grades you have received and want an explaination of why."

My favorite part of the program is the support and how they keep classes as focused on anesthesia as possible. They don't expect you to be a master of chemistry, physics, statistics, etc nor should they because after all how much of it will matter after boards? I can't imagine going into a program that has too much emphasis on these broad subject areas. Don't take this the wrong way, they do a great job of teaching you what you need to know to make you a great anesthesia provider. They just also do a great job of telling you what to not worry about.

I am having a hard time thinking of anything really negative about the program. I mean everyone has complaints about little things but I feel like it is more just trying to cope and get through or someone being ornery about a certain test/question.

My only complaint is I wish they did a better job of showing all the expenses coming up. Sometimes you will not have much notice of a supply requried. For example, a wireless stethoscope for peds cases. This makes things tricky if you don't have a lot in savings and are living off loans which take about a month to get more of if you run out. No big deal though just find someone further in the program and they can let you know. Problem solved.

Also while I am thinking about it, I have heard some pretty sketchy things about clarkson in Omaha. If you are thinking about applying there you may want to look into their pass rates and how some of their classes are conducted.

Thanks for the heads up because I was looking at applying at Clarkson since they were switching to DNP. I will be applying to Newman in Wichita as well since they are now switching over to a DNP (yes I realize that all schools will have to be switched over to a DNP by January 2022).

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Just a few more days to submit your application. Applications are due on the 31st.

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If everything stays on schedule, then we should hear something tomorrow.

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I received an interview invitation about an hour ago via email!

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Just woke up before my shift tonight and checked my email.

I got an interview!!!

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