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Bank One does not require a co-signer nor do they require school certification. However, the catch with them is: you pay a 9% origination fee. That's pretty hefty. But in the long run, it's worth it. When you get done with school, you will be maki...

I was accepted two years in advance and it has definitely helped me a great deal. At Rush, I was able to take about 10 classes before the program started. As a result, I am able to work longer and get school paid for. :)

uh.. not so fast on the Bank One loan. I compared their private education loan (Education One loan) with Citibank's equivalent. For someone with excellent credit, there IS no comparison. First of all, the interest rate right now was 5.75% variable...

I have actually spoken to my friend about this issue, comparing AA school to CRNA school. He felt his CRNA program was a more comprehensive program and more difficult to get through. Obviously, he had a easier time in school because of his previous...

Just wanted to drop a line to any one that cares. I got my letter of acceptance to Rush University College of Nursing's CRNA program on Friday. I was ecstatic. I will start in the Summer of 2004. I feel like Morgan Freeman in the movie Glory when ...

I really don't know too much about Rush's post masters program in anesthesia. However, I tend to think that it is designed for those practicing nurse anesthetists prepared at the bachelor's level before all the programs went to a master's level for ...

At Rush Univ. in Chicago, IL, we are on the quarter system. The program totals 27 months or 9 quarters. The cost per quarter hour is $494 if part-time or $5620 per quarter if full time (12 hours or greater). The program requires a minimum of 78 qua...

Dear NC Girl, Just curious, but why do you want to come to Chicago? I just got accepted to Rush Univ.'s Anesthesia program and I have to be here for another 2 1/2 yrs. I wish it were yesterday. I'm just tired of the weather and hustle and bustle ...

I think you have a good chance, especially if you can take a few of the online hard science courses like Pathophysiology I or II, Physiology I or II. If you take a few of these and ace them, I think you'll get an interview assuming you have good ref...

Be careful as well with the Army Strap program. If your program is longer than 24 months (and most are), they get you for THREE years for each year of school. That's right!! For example, with a 27 month program, you would actually have to sign for ...

I, as I'm sure all of us, are eagerly awaiting the results of your interview. Please let us know. The best of luck to you!!!

Good luck, Trauma Tom Please let us know either way, OK? I feel like this forum's members has become my extended family of sorts.

Congrats!!

Does anyone out there know if the Navy has a similar program to the Army's STRAP program? From a recent post, I understand that in the Army's STRAP program, you get around $1200-1500/month stipend during school plus loan repayment of $20 K/year up to...

Thanks Flying ED, Thanks for trying to help. It seems that not a lot of info is out there regarding this issue. I just want to get another source first before asking my recruiter as sometimes their info can be biased and/or designed to funnel you i...

Does anyone out there know if the Navy has a similar program to the Army's STRAP program?

Dear ShirleyTx, To answer your question about undergrad. nursing courses, the ones that seemed to give students the most trouble were pharmacology, pathophysiology, and med-surg. nursing. If you managed to get all A's in your first semester, even if...

Dear Fallonrn, Ans, I believe means autonomic nervous system.

Good luck Mommy, I hope you stick the interview and portray to them your earnest desire for this profession as well as your excellent experiences.

In my honest and humble opinion, it sounds like you have GREAT experience, just the kind that nurse anesthesia programs are looking for. However, I think your academic scores are weak. A 3.0 GPA and 800 GRE will probably not get you in. If you are...

I don't think that this is too aggressive at all. If you can gauge from the tone and direction of the interview that it seems interactive and two-way, then by all means, ask the question!! It just shows them that you are seeking the best fit for yo...

POD, I also start at Rush in June, 2004. I'm excited to hear about your admission and decision to attend Rush over Wake Forest. If you don't mind me asking, what was instrumental in your decision? Also, are you from North Carolina? Anyway, look...

Never applied, don't know an awful lot, but our Director at Rush says that Samuel Merritt in Oakland is an excellent program. This has been confirmed by various other sources since I started looking about 3 years ago. Good luck in your search! rock...

If you are absolutely he** bent on going to Rush University, here is my advice: 1. Start taking core and cognate graduate curriculum classes at Rush either the web-based ones if you can't move yet or they offer some compressed weekend classes where ...

Hey, I'd like to introduce myself to other readers of this BB. I have been reading its contents for about 2 weeks now and I have been thoroughly impressed by the participation and breadth of information found here re: the field of nurse anesthesia. ...