Has anyone interviewed or attended the Fairfield CRNA program at Bridgeport?

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I have an interview in sept 2017 for May 2018 admission at Fairfield University Bridgeport CRNA program and was hoping to see if anyone can provide any information about the interview, impression of the program and school or what experiences were through out the program. I appreciated any help and am super excited about the interview.

Thanks!

We were told approximately 2-3 weeks after the interview.

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Dang that must feel like 2-3 years haha. Thank you much!

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How did everyone's interview go, has anyone received an acceptance letter for may 2018 yet.

I have an interview end of Oct I would love so pointers on the interview.

thanks

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I interviewed on October 5. I thought I remembered them stating we wouldn't hear anything until the end of the month. However, I received an email today indicating official decision letters will be sent next week. Has anyone else heard anything?

FWIW, here are my stats:

Prior Bachelor degree in MIS

Nursing GPA 3.8

1 yr on a med surg unit

1 yr in a level 2 mixed ICU

3 yrs in a level 1/teaching MICU

2 yrs in a level 1/teaching PACU

~1.5 yrs in a level 1/teaching Critical Care Float Pool

BLS, ACLS, PALS, CCRN, New grad preceptor, Senior RN student preceptor

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How was the interview? What type of questions did they ask? Any tips? I interview at the end of the month.

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I think kwknurse accurately described the interview format/style.

My suggestions, based on how I approached interview prep:

1) Use one of the many great CRNA interview prep guides on this site (and/or other websites). Spend time thinking and writing down answers to questions. Then quiz yourself on them. I was preparing for 3 interviews at the same time, so I focused on the prep guides' technical and "Why?" questions equally. I feel that was helpful with being confident during the interview. For the past couple of years I have immersed myself in as much CRNA/SNS/PNS/receptor info I can (thanks youtube!) because I love this stuff and I think it shows. I made sure I know ACLS like the back of my hand (not just what the H's and T's are, but the specific interventions for each; which antiarrythmics do we use/what dosages/what class antiarrhythmic are they & how does each impact depolarization/repolarization/effective refractory period; etc...). Will I need it for any of my interviews? Maybe, maybe not. But at somepoint I will need to know it. Again, I feel like this helped with my confidence.

2) Really think long and hard and have a honest answer to any of the "Why?" question asked in these types of interviews. nosce te ipsum

3) Read/re-read anything they may have sent you and think through some possible things they might want you do with it.

3) Take as much away from this as possible, hopefully we get in. But if not, are you going to give up (so many people do) or are you going to use it to better yourself for the next interview? I had 1 interview last year and was waitlisted, it was crushing. So I asked for feedback and worked on areas I knew I was weak in. This year I have 4 interviews scheduled. I was waitlisted at the 1st (Fairfield is my 2nd) and used the experience to hopefully make me stronger at each subsequent interview (I suggest searching for "Jocko Motivation "GOOD"" to get you in the right mindset).

Not sure if that'll help. But, good luck. Let us know how it goes.

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I think kwknurse accurately described the interview format/style.

My suggestions, based on how I approached interview prep:

1) Use one of the many great CRNA interview prep guides on this site (and/or other websites). Spend time thinking and writing down answers to questions. Then quiz yourself on them. I was preparing for 3 interviews at the same time, so I focused on the prep guides' technical and "Why?" questions equally. I feel that was helpful with being confident during the interview. For the past couple of years I have immersed myself in as much CRNA/SNS/PNS/receptor info I can (thanks youtube!) because I love this stuff and I think it shows. I made sure I know ACLS like the back of my hand (not just what the H's and T's are, but the specific interventions for each; which antiarrythmics do we use/what dosages/what class antiarrhythmic are they & how does each impact depolarization/repolarization/effective refractory period; etc...). Will I need it for any of my interviews? Maybe, maybe not. But at somepoint I will need to know it. Again, I feel like this helped with my confidence.

2) Really think long and hard and have a honest answer to any of the "Why?" question asked in these types of interviews. nosce te ipsum

3) Read/re-read anything they may have sent you and think through some possible things they might want you do with it.

3) Take as much away from this as possible, hopefully we get in. But if not, are you going to give up (so many people do) or are you going to use it to better yourself for the next interview? I had 1 interview last year and was waitlisted, it was crushing. So I asked for feedback and worked on areas I knew I was weak in. This year I have 4 interviews scheduled. I was waitlisted at the 1st (Fairfield is my 2nd) and used the experience to hopefully make me stronger at each subsequent interview (I suggest searching for "Jocko Motivation "GOOD"" to get you in the right mindset).

Not sure if that'll help. But, good luck. Let us know how it goes.

Thank you so much for the advice!

Did you interview other places in CT? I'm waiting to hear back from QUINNIPIAC about an interview.

Please keep in touch and let me know how you make out.

Are you from CT?

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I'm actually from Oregon. My interviews have been in Arizona and Fairfield. I have an upcoming interview at Gonzaga (Spokane, WA) And U of Maryland. And I've not heard anything from Rutgers yet.

Where else are you applying?

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Just Fairfield and Quinnipiac, this year. If I don't get in this year I will apply everywhere else in CT and RI.

Why did you choose Fairfield in CT?

Also was there a writing piece during your Fairfield interview?

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Long story short, Fairfield met or exceeded what I was looking for in CRNA school. And the interview really sealed the deal for me. I'm very excited about that program.

And yes. There was a writing section (that's what I was referencing in my earlier post: "3) Read/re-read anything they may have sent you and think through some possible things they might want you do with it.").

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I'm glad your excited about the program, I can't wait to tour the facility and to see the new nursing school.

Well, I received an email invite for my interview. So I'm at a loss of what the writing section may be.

Is it meant to be a surprise, can you give me a little bit of a heads up? í ½í¸ƒ Thanks

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Hi everyone, I also had an interview in September. Has anyone heard anything yet? I was told we probably wouldn't hear back till November

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