Just seeing what everyone thought of my profile to get into CRNA school for Fall 2012/Spring 2013:
Experience: 2 years psychiatric (1 year full time, 1 year PRN), 1 Year MICU, Will have 18 months CVICU experience in large teaching hospital by start of program
GPA: 3.74 in all Undergrad Nursing and Non-nursing Courses
GRE: Will take September 29, 2011 (new revised test)
Certs: ACLS, BLS, PALS, will take CCRN in Winter 2011
Shadowed Surgeon/MDA for a day in Cardiothoracic OR
Access to good recommendation letters
Any and all input would be appreciated! Feel free to PM me or post on this thread. Thanks!
Hi! So I took the revised GRE Sept 19th, I'm applying to TWU and the deadline is Nov. 15th...I'm a little bit worried that they won't have my score reported on time before the deadline. The website says it should be reported November 10th...but I'm getting nervous. Anyone had any experience with this and the the reporting timeline for the new test being accurate? TWU said they could work with my unofficial scores, but they just gave me a range after the test....
Please don't take this the wrong way, but everyone is way too concerned with the prelims. Your stats are good enough to get you into an interview with 90% of the schools available with only a one year requirement. The real question that everyone should ask themselves is this: How good am I clinically? Great academics are fine, but a 4.0 means nothing in the O.R. I thought the same way until I shadowed regularly with CRNA's. Logging over 100 hours in the past 3 months has proven the necessity of becoming a sound critical care nurse. No need to worry anymore about your academics. Really begin to refine your ability on the floor. Without this understanding, I fear for the new grass and the patients that they care for. You will learn a lot in school; however, there is no substitute for experience. I wish you the best, but please heed my advice and really apply yourself to the role of the ICY nurse until you really understand the physiology and patho of the various patients that you care.
Clintcron, you are correct. And I am fortunate enough to be working in the CVICU at one of the largest hospitals in the country. My experience there, though short, has been incredible. I feel that my knowledge base has expanded exponentially due to the number and variety of surgical cases we receive every week, as well as the willingness of all the surgeons, MDAs, CRNAs, nurses, NPs, etc to teach and take time to answer questions and make sure that care of the patients is done correctly and safely. I definitely have a lot more to learn, and I am taking that challenge on with a lot of excitement. So although I am looking to the future, I am also focused on being the best critical care nurse I can be. There are no guarantees in this life and I'm definitely not overlooking the present opportunities that I do have.
Could not agree more. As for the stats. Regardless of what anyone tells you, if you do nothing else, you will get many interviews. It is up to you to kill the interview. Good luck, and know that I was not directing this at you in particular. There are too many threads like this that are looking for a confidence booster. If you know your stuff, you will be fine. Now go kill that interview.
Thanks clintcron. Just putting the finishing touches on applications.
@lily. You should be fine. Just report the ranges so you have something down on paper. They should receive your scores from ETS within a few days of scheduled mailing date. Good luck!
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Your score stands out. Congratulations!