Choosing a school??

[ILikeLamp]

I am going to be applying to CRNA schools in a few months for Fall 2008...I meet most requirements by most schools and am not limited whatsoever by location. I would like to apply to 4 schools and have two already picked out, my problem is that I cannot decide on what other schools to apply to and am having trouble finding a web site with pros/cons or a detailed explanation of why/why not to attend certain programs. Does anything like this exist? All schools are certified to teach CRNA so how can I tell a bad school from a good one (besides looking at pass rates)??? Thanks for any help!

[EricJRN, MSN, RN]

Moved to Pre-CRNA Inquiry Forum. Good luck!

[shandsburnRN-CRNA]

I am going to be applying to CRNA schools in a few months for Fall 2008...I meet most requirements by most schools and am not limited whatsoever by location. I would like to apply to 4 schools and have two already picked out, my problem is that I cannot decide on what other schools to apply to and am having trouble finding a web site with pros/cons or a detailed explanation of why/why not to attend certain programs. Does anything like this exist? All schools are certified to teach CRNA so how can I tell a bad school from a good one (besides looking at pass rates)??? Thanks for any help!

I am going to Barry University in Florida starting in Janurary. One of the things I liked about their program is they put alot more science based classes in the program. Here are links for their degree plan and course descriptions.

Degree Plan:

http://www.barry.edu/anesthesiology/degreePlan.htm

Course Descriptions: http://www.barry.edu/anesthesiology/courseDescriptions.htm

As for a website listing pros and cons for each school I have not heard of such. The best thing to do would be to look at the different programs and decide which you like best based on reputation, passing rate, philosophy of the school, friendliness of the faculty. Something I did was to talk to current SRNA's away from staff and ask them for their honest opinion about the program and how they were treated. For me I like what I saw and heard and Barry was the program I pushed for.

Hope this helps you some and good luck.