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I was lucky. I did move across the country but my wife had just graduated with her OT degree a few mos before so it worked out. She was very supportive and wanted to move to Pittsburgh. Once we got here then we had an oops and had a kid. So it wasn't...

Yeah, I have to agree with the buses as well. Parking is ridiculous in Oakland and very expensive. There are two - 3 major clinical sites directly in Oakland so if you can get close to a bus line that would be very beneficial. Also- the first 8 weeks...

Robin' Don't know a whole lot about the market there. I did shadow though in Denver before starting school. From talking to my CRNA that I shadowed and a couple that actually gave me anesthesia- the market is pretty saturated but there are still jobs...

Hi. Congrats to everybody. I am currently a Pitt student and love it. If you have the opportunity to take some classes- take some. It does lighten the load significantly- especially when you get to the second semester and have 3 day/ week clinicals. ...

I am a current student. I have no idea how many seats are left. Some people got in from the first round of interviews and some people will start off of the wait list from last years interview. There are 2 classes. One for Fall and one for Spring and ...

Hi. I am a current student. It is not a panel. It is about a 1.5 hr presentation of the program and then you split up into two groups. One group tours the facilities and WISER (simulator lab). The other group goes and does interview questions. It is ...

As far as simulations go those aren't bad either. We are all a little nervous. Some people have cried- other have struggled. We all support one another. I know we have scenarios where we are supposed to "think on our feet" and distract the person who...

Hi LittleChief; I am also a Pitt student in my second semester. I moved from CO as well. Pittsburgh is a world of difference from Denver. The weather is pretty abysmal here and the road system stinks. Rent is pretty cheap though depending on where yo...

I am currently a student in my second semester and have been in clinical for 3 mos now. It is not that bad. They ask you questions about stuff- like drug metabolism, vent settings, effects here and there and if you don't know you don't know. Tell th...

I am biased but I say Pitt. I love the program here. I moved from out of state and enjoy Pitts. Only visited Philly so can't comment on that. I love that the UPMC system has hospitals all over Pitts and everything is semi close. A lot of the CRNA's ...

Get there early. They have a couple of students there you can ask questions. There is a panel of about 10 CRNA's that ask you questions. Actually only about 3 or 4 asked questions and the rest just wrote down stuff. They ask a lot of why you want to ...

I am currently in PItts program. It is a lot of work but the instructors are great. I do believe we get some great experiences. There is a lot of student involvement as well from the upper classes. They participate in workshops and offer a lot words ...

I interviewed there a couple of years ago. It wasn't the worst interview but it wasn't the best. They do ask some clinical questions. They ask you to present a patient that you have dealt with in your ICU and they go from there. they do ask some mor...

We are starting to do care management plans everyday and I want to buy Jaffe 4th ed ( the new one) but they keep pushing it back. I don't want to waste money on a 3rd edition if a new one is coming out soon. I am tired of having to go to the library ...

I am just finishing my semester and I still love it. It is tiring- getting up at 430 for clinical and being quizzed on stuff and having to manage patients in a totally different way. It does get frustrating at times when I want to study and the wife...

I started in Aug of this year. I was able to get direct to lender loans from Wells Fargo, Chase (which you have already mentioned) and Sallie Mae. I don't know if all three of any of the companies are still offering loans now b/c of the credit crunc...

Loan it out. Accept the fact that you'll be poorer for the next 28 mos but it is worth it. There are loans out there to get. Plus you'll want to go on vacations and stuff when you get the time off. Try Wells Fargo and Sallie Mae for outside the cost...

I am looking for some recs on programs to download for my PDA. I have the Iphone and I know I can download the same programs for Palm. I already got Epocrates. What else do you all recommend? Also- does anyone know of any clipboards with a calculato...

After much debating over a blackberry and iphone- I decided to go with the Iphone. Iphone now has a program- Isilo- it costs $10 and it is in the app store. After downloading the Isilo program you can then access Palm program which from what I unders...

I was talking to the director of the program and he said that he strongly recommends getting a cell phone ( I never used one much so didn't bother with it). However he says that a PDA is not required. I am thinking that I should get a phone with PDA ...

Thanks for the replies. I am still undecided but will probably go with a Treo or Blackberry. Thanks

Oh yeah, they accept a lot of students- like over 100 and they get placed all over. I have no idea what the demand is for the KY/ Cincinnati area. As far as chem- I took an online junior college chemistry class and that satisfied their requirement. W...

I didn't attend TWU, but I did get accepted. I can answer a couple of your questions. The classroom part (phase 1) is in FT. Worth Tx. There you will do a semester of work and then have the option of going to your distant site for the second semeste...

I used to live in Denver and as far as I know TWU is the only school with clinicals in Denver. They do accept 4-6 students ( when I last applied) for each year to train in Denver between University Hosp and Denver Health. I don't think there are any ...

The three loans that I have found that are all above the COA are: 1) Sallie Mae Tuition Answer loan which lends up to 40,000 2) Wells Fargo- forget the name of the loan but they will lend what your school calculates as the COA ( but they bypass the s...