Crna Programs Without Gre Scores

one_crna · Jun 28, 2008

Why is everyone so obsessed with dodging the GRE??? In my road to becoming a CRNA, this was an extremely small hurdle to jump over. Spend the $1000, take the Kaplan course, and put the three months into studying that you should. I think that every program should require the GRE, if only to indicate that applicants are really serious about wanting to go to anesthesia school.

Mandevillian · Jun 29, 2008

In my opinion, the GRE is nothing more than a formality and serves no other purpose other than choosing between two equally qualified candidates and has no use as an accurate predicator of future success. Just my two cents.

PiPhi2004 · Jun 29, 2008

Why is everyone so obsessed with dodging the GRE??? In my road to becoming a CRNA, this was an extremely small hurdle to jump over. Spend the $1000, take the Kaplan course, and put the three months into studying that you should. I think that every program should require the GRE, if only to indicate that applicants are really serious about wanting to go to anesthesia school.

I agree with this statement. Very few people remember the concepts tested on GRE material and I think its a good indicator of people who really work hard to excel, plus the people who's GPA really wasnt that good can have something to really excel at and it can really be a good helper to get into school. I dont see why you just dont retake the GRE and study more this time if you are so concerned with it. Since it is required for most grad school programs of merit, why not CRNA school? Seems logical to me that it would be. I wish the schools were more uniform of what they wanted or required instead of all this "they want this but this one wants that." Personally, I thought the NCLEX was a poor indicator of nursing knowledge and most of the questions were absurd but should we disregard it? I mean really, 75 questions tells me if I'm safe enough to practice nursing? Come on now!

I'm taking the GRE soon and me and Kaplan are best buddies, I'd defintely heed the advice above if you decide to retake the test! :loveya:

jls189 · Jul 16, 2008

Check Barnes-Jewish school of nursing and Webster Universty (both in St. Louis). Also check, Missouri State Univ. in Springfield, MO. Hope this helps.

cherrysky · Jul 19, 2008

Just remember that some of the schools that make GRE optional do so only if you have a certain minimum GPA. Make sure you are clear if there are certain conditions which affect whether or not he GRE is optional. Also, like a few previous posters mentioned, if your GPA is not that great the GRE might be beneficial to you (if you study enough) in showing that you excel in a certain area.

zozzy777 · Jul 20, 2008

If you think the GRE is hard, if you actually get into anesthesia school, you will wish you had the GRE to study for. It is so much easier than anything you will encounter in anesthesia school. If you really want to go, bite the bullet and do what is required to get in, take the GRE.

jls189 · Jul 21, 2008

I didn't think the GRE was as hard as people said it was going to be, but I love math. The verb was a little bit harder (analogies). I think the biggest deal is making yourself buckle down to study for it. But as the previous poster mentioned, when we get into anesthesia school, we will wish we only needed to study for the GRE. It's only one hurdle to get where you want to go. :mad:

NIUredblack · Jan 30, 2009

St. Mary's in Minneapolis doesn't require a GRE

krzysiu · Feb 2, 2009

Check out University of Tennessee - Memphis. When I applied, it was not a requirement. However, you may want to look at the website to see if anything has changed.

Taxminia0311 · Jun 3, 2011

There are some School that don't require the GRE, but not alot those even then they do require the student to have a certain GPA prior to applying, such as the State of Conniticute and Ohio, the reason I know this is cause I myself was doing the research and located the infomation at website that I can't recall.

Do the research and you will see it for yourself.