How would you have an out of state license at time of application?

I decided to double check, and sure enough you're right. UT Houston does require a TX license for application. However, this seems to be the exception rather than the rule and I can't speak to their rationale for having that as a requirement. If you truly wanted to go UT Houston, it's not that difficult to get state licensure if you're already an RN. I know of many travel nurses that hold several licenses from various states, t just takes a bit of planning. It's really not that big of a deal.

D.C.

My point is that is it already difficult enough to apply to three, four or five schools spread out across the nation in many different states. One would think that CRNA schools might have a bit of empathy and hold off on additional burdens that seem unecessary. After all how many sucessful CRNA applicants are going to be unable to get an additional state license? If a few happen to face that issue they could simply give the slots to alternates,

You can endorse your license easily to anywhere. They want to make sure that the student meets all requirement for licensure in that state before they accept them. They can have any requirement that they choose, if you want to apply there, then you need to do what they want.

My point is that is it already difficult enough to apply to three, four or five schools spread out across the nation in many different states. One would think that CRNA schools might have a bit of empathy and hold off on additional burdens that seem unecessary. After all how many sucessful CRNA applicants are going to be unable to get an additional state license?

If you can apply to several CRNA programs, you can surely apply for the state licenses.

Frequently, the state license takes a good bit of time (in some states) and those alternates need to be able to plan their lives also.

And if you haven't noticed, anesthesia programs much like med schools, have no empathy. It is all part of the real world of medicine/anesthesia, only the strongest survive and they can put requirements on you to weed down to the truly serious.

My point is that is it already difficult enough to apply to three, four or five schools spread out across the nation in many different states. One would think that CRNA schools might have a bit of empathy and hold off on additional burdens that seem unecessary. After all how many sucessful CRNA applicants are going to be unable to get an additional state license? If a few happen to face that issue they could simply give the slots to alternates,

Roland when I was applying, I let things like this determine schools I wanted to apply to.

I applied to schools that I thought I met all their requirements.

I factored in cost program and living, requirements for application, (did not take the MAT and I was not going to take it.), a school that asked for graduate level statistics which I did not have at that time, I slowly placed their application near the waste paper basket. I am not sure what I would have done if a school would have asked for a state licensure prior to application( My primary license is from a compact state, I would not have had a problem). I have also been a travel nurse for sometime, so I have held licenses to most states.

I've noticed several schools that list a license in the relevent state as a requirement for application. One of the Texas schools comes to mind (University of Texas at Houston maybe?). Do they really expect you to get an RN license in Texas even before applying? Why not let the prospective student find out first if they will even be a student before going to the trouble of obtaining an out of state license?

No, they, for the purposes of admission,want to know that you hold a valid RN license from any state. Eventually, of course you would apply for Texas licensure by endoresement.