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  1. PENN interview!!!

    I just went UPenn web site and found out one year combined tuition and fee is $45,842, so the entire 24 month program costs $91K. That is really high, at least for me. I wonder if this may be the highest amount of cost of all nurse anesthesia program...
  2. Alternative Loans - here's what I've found

    Here is some information regarding LIBOR index and prime rate. LIBOR index is called London Interbank Offer Rate and the rate is set in London exchange market. It is considered the international interest rate on US Dollars. It is a floating (variable...
  3. Should I Move in With Parents???

    my suggestion is to keep the house for one more year and find 2 good roommates. here is my logic: you have owned the house for only one year and selling the house will trigger unwanted capital gain tax. you won't pay the tax if you own and stay in yo...
  4. Latest US News & World Report Rankings of CRNA Schools

    You can go to www.usnews.com to order a copy of 2006 version of graduate program ranking. You are given instant online access plus a paper copy of the magazine. I forgot how much it costed me when I ordered 2005 report, I guess it was about $19.95. I...
  5. CRNA schools in California

    Also TCU and TWU of Texas have clinical affiliation with Arrowhead Regional Medical Center of San Bernardino county. You attend classes in Texas and return to California for clinical part of the education. Somebody might know details about these 2 pr...
  6. I think you are better off directly aiming at medical school than CRNA. You haven't even started your nursing education so far. It takes 2-3 years get an ADN degree. I assume you have a BS not related to nursing or life science, one year of RN experi...
  7. ***Will the future of CRNAs remain like this???

    I would agree that it is the demand and supply equation that influences CRNA income. In west coast the demand for CRNA is relatively weaker, but the supply (CRNAs who want to work in the region) is strong because the good weather attracts people to ...
  8. CRNA alternate

    i was invited for an interview in mtsa in later december and i declined it as i was accepted by another school. mtsa accepted a lot of people through early interview. the remaining 18 people are chosen early this year probably just happened recently....
  9. Can foreign trained anesthetists practice here?

    even though i don't know it for sure, i feel it will be awfully hard. my understanding on aana requirement is that a person must graduate from one of those 94 accredited programs to qualify for certification exam. a foreigner can definitely go to ap...
  10. I'm in!

    Congratulations! I knew you had no problem being accepted by a school. You have all the elements needed: experience, GPA and GRE scores. Midwestern Univ is a statistical outlier as the program is too new so the application processing hasn't streamli...
  11. Approximate Insurance Costs for CRNAs

    FYI, the average liability premium cost for MDA is $21K in 2003. See the following I copied from http://depts.washington.edu/asaccp/prof/asa67_6_6.pdf#search='Anesthesiologist%20liability%20insurance': This year, the ASA Committee on Professional Lia...
  12. Why Mayo CRNA program is not top rated?

    Actually I just found I was rejected by Mayo. But it doesn't matter because I received an acceptance letter from another program in the same day. I though I had a good chance in Mayo as they interviewed 60 for 30 spots. But a large number of applicat...
  13. Why Mayo CRNA program is not top rated?

    Mayo Clinic is ranked 2nd best hospital in U.S. and its medical school is ranked 22nd (top 1/8) among 163 medical schools. Its CRNA program rank is much lower, tied at 30th (top 1/3) out of 92 accredited programs. Most of top medical schools ahead of...