Chances of getting into a CRNA program in NY?

Hi all,

Just want everyone's two cents.

Clocked 8 months of exp. in a community hospital CCU.

Now, I'm an RN in a big-name NYC hospital. I work in the SICU.

We predominantly take care of organ transplant patients (livers, occasional kidney, pancreas), open-heart overflow from the CTICUs (CABG's and valves), AAA's, TAVR's, Whipples, Hepatectomy's, etc.

Routinely see Swans, a-lines, CVP's. We manage CRRT.

And once in a blue moon, our unit will have someone on ECMO (these patient's are usually managed in the MICUs though).

I plan on finishing 1-2 full years here.

BSN GPA 3.6 (Chemistry, org. chem and science grades are all A's).

Will be getting my CCRN in an another month or two. Then I will focus on my GRE.

I've heard Columbia and the other NY CRNA programs are EXTREMELY competitive. Will I likely get in the first go around? Anything else I can do to prepare?