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Rocco, Congratulations!! We are totally gonna have a paaaaarty! :balloons:

I think many of us realize that the "dream" is now going to be a reality, and in order to achieve it we have to sacrifice so much- family time, some of us may have to leave our family for 2.5 years, rack up a debt of 6 figures, not to mention dealing with the feelings of being new again and learning new skills, studying 12 hours a day, having no social life, etc etc... but the best things in life are the things we earn and work for. I had my "freak out" about CRNA school, where I though to myself, "I must be crazy to give up my wonderful life- one where I live with my boyfriend, we go out to dinner 4 days a week, see family every weekend, see our friends, go to the beach, have BBQ's, have money, have 4 days off a week, enjoy good movies, good reading, good travel; to give all of this up and go do this CRNA gig", but you know, for the brief week or two that I thought to walk away from it, I felt in my gut it was wrong to leave my CRNA dream behind, and that there is no way around it, I have to go for it. I want to be a CRNA so much, I can feel it in my gut, and no other profession will give me back as much as I put in. For me, it has to be done, so I made peace with all of it. It took about 4 months for me to really accept the challenges ahead and the sacrifices I have to make. Good luck with your decision, and keep us posted.

PDX RN, Go for it! Apply now to your top choice schools. As far as how many schools, just remember chances are you will get interviews to all of these schools, and will pay for the travel expenses, so if there is a school that you do not think you would attend if accepted, don't apply. On the other hand, if there are three or four schools you would consider seriously attending if chosen, go to the interviews and don't make a final decision until you have seen all schools and felt out all the programs. You are very competitive, more then you think! I also thought I was up against all 4.0, top trauma hospital, 5 years plus experience, brilliant candidates, and some were, but not all, and with my stats that are even less competitive then yours, I was accepted into all the schools that I applied! You are extremely competitive with the GPA, prior experience with CRNA, level one trauma ICU, and committee work- go get em!

I am 100% sure you passed. Let us know!!

3.7 GPA 1000 GRE 2 year 4 months at (large teaching level 1 trauma) SICU at time of interviews, 3 years by the time I start Involved in 3 commitees at work Tutored Anatomy and Physiology lab undergrad Tutored Nursing classes in BSN CCRN I interviewed at three schools in California, got into all three. I think the letters of rec and the interview sealed the deal. Good luck to all! :wink2:

in at USC!! University of Southern California.

In at Kaiser class of 2001 :)

In at Kaiser c/o 2009:yeah:

:yeahthat: I'm in California and still no letter. Torture.