I have looked up information regarding statistics for those who have been accepted into anesthesia school and haven't found information regarding the average of grades, GRE scores, years of experiences, certifications, etc. Remember when you were applying for you undergrad, you could find out information about the incoming class and their average gpa, SAT scores, etc. To those of you who are CRNA's and SRNA's or soon to be SRNA's if you don't mind can you post what your gpa, GRE scores, years of experience, and other information so I can get an ideal of what to do to become a CRNA. Thank you for all that reply!!
I think you'll have to contact the universities you are interested in to find this out. They most likely have a conversion method. Every nursing school uses a slightly different grading scale and my guess is that they have a way to interpret other types of grading systems into their own.
yes - the hype is really silly at times and sometimes discouraging on this board too. The worst offending phrase IMHO is "as the pool of applicants increases". That one used to freak me out - as if there were so many people applying that I would never get an interview let alone an acceptance letter. My experience was the exact opposite.
I will have 2.5 years experience when I start Fall 2007. 1.5 Medical ICU (large teaching hospital) and 1 years Trauma/SICU (level 1 trauma, large teaching hospital).
ACLS, BLS, PALS, Sigma Theta Tau, AACN
Applied at 2 schools, Oakland University and UD Mercy. Interviewed at both, accepted at both.
yes - the hype is really silly at times and sometimes discouraging on this board too. The worst offending phrase IMHO is "as the pool of applicants increases". That one used to freak me out - as if there were so many people applying that I would never get an interview let alone an acceptance letter. My experience was the exact opposite.
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did you mean to post this in resonse to my alarmist post?
wow, you all just made me think twice about my career goals. I am 28, have worked my way through ASN degree (with 55 other credits from business management degree), and I have a 3.1 GPA right now, but hopefully 3.25 at the end of this semester. I have two years as a CNA in ICU and step-down cardiac unit. I graduate this May. I will be working in another step down unit for a year, and then two plus years in ICU at a level 1 hopefully, while earning my BSN, which should be a 3.65 plus gpa, since I average 92% on exams consistently. (our nursing program is very "old fashioned" and an A is very much earned, 94-100...and a B is very much earned too...87-93...so there is no such thing as an A minus (aka 3.75) or a B plus (aka 3.5)...) NO excuses! BUT...that said...can anyone predict the possibility of me being accepted into CRNA school, assuming I have a 3.75-plus in BSN studies? And assuming the two years in ICU and one year in PCU as an RN, and two years CCU as a CNA? (If that matters)
If you can predict, I will pay you lots of money! haha...Seemingly to make up for the lack of money spent in tuition to pursue a blank dream! Anyways....
A 3.7 GPA is good. Not sure if you had an ICU with lots of swans and drips. Just have to worry about the other factors now - your specific ICU experience, reccomendations, GRE (if your school cares), your interview and, most importantly, your competition.
wow, you all just made me think twice about my career goals. I am 28, have worked my way through ASN degree (with 55 other credits from business management degree), and I have a 3.1 GPA right now, but hopefully 3.25 at the end of this semester. I have two years as a CNA in ICU and step-down cardiac unit. I graduate this May. I will be working in another step down unit for a year, and then two plus years in ICU at a level 1 hopefully, while earning my BSN, which should be a 3.65 plus gpa, since I average 92% on exams consistently. (our nursing program is very "old fashioned" and an A is very much earned, 94-100...and a B is very much earned too...87-93...so there is no such thing as an A minus (aka 3.75) or a B plus (aka 3.5)...) NO excuses! BUT...that said...can anyone predict the possibility of me being accepted into CRNA school, assuming I have a 3.75-plus in BSN studies? And assuming the two years in ICU and one year in PCU as an RN, and two years CCU as a CNA? (If that matters)
If you can predict, I will pay you lots of money! haha...Seemingly to make up for the lack of money spent in tuition to pursue a blank dream! Anyways....
Thanks.
you'll get in.......just need to study for the GRE and work on the letters. Everyone says that is the hardest part....getting the letters of rec.
Your BSN is usually much easier than your ADN as long as you're willing to put the time into it. ADN programs have NCLEX style questions that tend to promote a lower gpa. RN-BSN programs aren't quite as worried about this and tend to be more theory based (papers, discussion, etc.) and therefore promotes a higher GPA as long as you're willing to put time in it (and are a fairly good writer). I struggled in my ADN with a
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thanks, and B- to a B+ is equevalent to? (80?) because we don't use letters either.. we use percentage.