getting into crna school isnt that bad

[bagola30]

I just got in at university of tennessee chatt anethesia program. ive worked in a medical icu for 6 years, havent taken any classes since graduating nursing school. my gpa is a 3.39 GRE scores 140 math and 145 verbal thats about an 800 on the old scoring system. analytical writing 4.5...accepted a friend of mine too with similar scores...have my ccrn. To those with not so great scores, you can definately get in. It's the whole package they are looking at. passed ccrn studying pass ccrn cd and laura gasparis dvds. studied my butt off for the interview and wasnt even asked really hard questions at all. just know hemodynamics and drugs and a little about disease processes...you guys can do this :)

[jtboog2003]

That's great Bagola congratulations!!

I have talked to many CRNA's and have found that not all of them have a 3.8 GPA, and some even bombed the GRE. They were persistent and able to sell themselves. A stellar academic record doesn't mean you are or will be a great nurse on the floor. Your capabilities can be reflected in another way.

Not sure where the idea that if you got accepted with a less than stellar academic record then the school must not be any good comes from. The people I spoke to personally got accepted to the number one and two CRNA schools in my state, and we have quite a few. Out of the nine, some had the "3.8 GPA" and others didn't.