JKBrn

Hi - congrats on getting invited for interviews! I actually didn't apply to Scranton, and I did interview with St Rays. However, I work in a facility's CVICU where many nurses go from to Scranton so I've heard a decent amount about the interview. St Rays interview was great. Of course you will probably be nervous regardless, but it seemed as though they tried to make you feel comfortable. It also seemed like they truly wanted to know why you want to go to their school as opposed to any other and why you would be a good fit for them. They'll also give you a tour of they're ORs, PACU, pre-op holding and so on. Scranton, I have heard, is quite selective (others are too, of course, but I think they have people already accepted for next year since they deferred) and seems it can be a little about who you know. The previous post it pretty much what I've heard - again, they want to know you're a good fit for they're mission. They also love community service / volunteer work. As previously said, stay honest, answer the questions directly, and if they want to know more they'll certainly ask. There are a lot of big differences between the two programs as I'm sure you know. I think it's important for you to look at what is important to YOU in a school. St Rays is front-loaded, the cost between the two is much different, St Rays offers a stipend as well as partial tuition reimbursement if you make the good grades. That said, I do know first hand that Scranton turns out great anesthetists - we have many graduates from there working at our facility as well as people from our unit currently there. Either way - good luck, and if you end up at St Rays 2009 I'll see you there.

they gave us the option to do the chem over the fall semester online, so that it's spread over a longer time

I might be; I've been accepted but I still have one more interview in Sept for which I've applied early decision.... so we'll see!

Thanks for the help, I feel much less nervous now! I have my interview for early decision in Sept - keeping my fingers crossed! This program sounds like a good one, I like how it's split into didactic and clinical phases, and it's great that they offer a stipend and help with tuition at CCSU.

Noodles - did you interview for St Ray's yet? I'll be interviewing and am just curious on how you felt it was. Were there many clinical based questions? thanks!