Looking at CRNA schools in the Southeast

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Specifically GA, SC, AL. Atlanta has no CRNA programs so I have to sell my house and go to one of these programs in AL, GA, or SC to stay close to family. I've looked at Mercer, MCG, UAB, Samford, MUSC, and USC... but reading about the program and going through it are different things. Anyone have any idea at how well these programs operate? I ask because I feel like my time spent in my BSN program in Atlanta could have been much more organized and had less redundancy (a gazillion research papers about the same thing).... hell, even the staff were making a mass exodus.

I'm an ex-marine with a 3.8GPA (3.78 nursing, 4.0 math science), and will have 1.5 years of CVICU come the time I plan on entering (Spring or summer 2010). I'm trying figure out the likelihood of getting into one of these programs also. One minute I hear someone say they got in with a 3.3, the next someone says tons of 4.0s...

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Specializes in CCU, CVR.

I got in with a 3.46, but it was from the alternate list. It all depends on your competition. It also depends on all of your other scores/credentials/references, etc. No one quality makes you a shoe in candidate for school. Anyway, I speak from experience. I love the program at Samford. All of the instructors are passionate about what they do. Also, we started with 19, and the instructors/directors goal is to finish with 19. Some schools will try to thin down the field as the program progresses. I fell in love with Samford on the first day of class. The director said, "Congratulations on making it this far. Competition ends now. Learn all that you can." They have a genuine love for students. I am so glad that I ended up at Samford. Let me know if I can help you.

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I got in with a 3.46, but it was from the alternate list. It all depends on your competition. It also depends on all of your other scores/credentials/references, etc. No one quality makes you a shoe in candidate for school. Anyway, I speak from experience. I love the program at Samford. All of the instructors are passionate about what they do. Also, we started with 19, and the instructors/directors goal is to finish with 19. Some schools will try to thin down the field as the program progresses. I fell in love with Samford on the first day of class. The director said, "Congratulations on making it this far. Competition ends now. Learn all that you can." They have a genuine love for students. I am so glad that I ended up at Samford. Let me know if I can help you.

Wow, what's the program really like? What's a day like for you there? Is it front heavy or evenly distributed? ANything you can tell me is great. I keep hearing good things about Samford and not so much good about the programs in GA.

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Specializes in Neuro ICU.

I will be attending Mercer in August this year. We have a new program director and he seems like he is really going to do a great job. The program is still new (I will start the fourth class), but it has gotten better every year. The students in the current classes seem to like it so far. Every program has its problems....I have high hopes for this one.

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