Missouri State University CRNA

[Mercymercy]

When I was looking for a CRNA school, I found this school, but realized that allnurses.com did not have much in this program. I wanted to start this forum to bring to light some things that I found out about the school.

Location: Springfield, MO

Program length: 36 months. Doctorate.

Interview: Suit up. You're welcome. Panel Interviews. All day affair. Really nice, but questions may seem a little intense. May have been my nerves talking here.

How quickly to hear back? Depends between 2 weeks to a couple of months depending on where you rank.

Any questions welcome. I got in and I am super excited for starting as this was my first choice.

Good luck to you all on your journey!

[zachary.gaarder, BSN, RN]

What they told you trumps what I say for sure!! I would definitely still encourage you to apply as they look at the entirety of the applicant not just your transcripts! It’s a very good program and faculty cares about your success!

[IowaGuy]

On 5/19/2021 at 10:28 AM, zachary.gaarder said:

What they told you trumps what I say for sure!! I would definitely still encourage you to apply as they look at the entirety of the applicant not just your transcripts! It’s a very good program and faculty cares about your success!

I see that they look at the last 60 hours as well, is that a new thing or have they always done that? Would you mind sharing your stats about the different GPAs? 

[IowaGuy]

On 3/28/2019 at 6:20 PM, Mercymercy said:

1. They had an intended number of about 40 students to interview, but some ended up dropping due to other admissions, so that number went down a bit. They were only interested in accepting 20 students but looks like it's a total of about 24 for the class. Mind you, they had over 100 applicants.

2. Questions were more personality based/ethically based. I did not get any clinical questions in mine, not sure about others though. It doesn't hurt to chip a few things in clinically though.

3. My stats, little over a year at the time of application deadline in ICU, but had 2.5 yrs Trauma ER prior to moving back to ICU. CCRN. 3.5 GPA undergrad. 302 GRE, 149 reading 153 math, 4.0 writing. was becoming an instructor for ACLS, taught CCRN review course, part of committees, charge nurse, etc. They really like at least 2 yrs before you start. Had another girl that had 2 years and all the interviewers kept asking how she'd cope with only 2 years experience in ICU.

4/5. Haven't started clinicals, but they say that you get to go to at least 4 sites, and 1 will be in a rotation with a CRNA independent site so you get the exposure. They assign you sites to go to, not much of a choice, just based on the algorithm you place into randomly. Clinicals can be as short as 3 months up to 6 months, depending on your site.

Hey everyone, how long after your interview did you find out that you got in?

[Mercymercy]

1 hour ago, IowaGuy said:

Hey everyone, how long after your interview did you find out that you got in?

Everyone is different. I know some found out a month before the start of the program. Others, a week after. It's also different now that they have interviews in July and November I believe. So, no news is not necessarily bad news. Also some were put on a wait list and got called. Hope that helps a little bit.