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So, why do you want to be a CRNA? I am looking for what people answered to this question and what they are planning to answer. It is kind of like asking why do you want to be a nurse. Aaaaa, I like to take care of people. Really, what would you answ...

Oh wow! I've just read my post from 5 years ago! It brought tears to my eyes! Today I write a reply to this thread as a CRNA! I graduated May 2009 and now have been working for 7 months and loving it. It was all worth it. Good luck to the rest of you...

I just took my boards on thursday. I got the whole 170 questions. Boy was that long? Both my friends that got 170 questions passed!!! I have no idea how I did. And it wasn't the questions that bothered me, it was the answers. I am still perplexed and...

Hi Gaylord-rn! Great name by the way!!! I just graduated from Drexel's Anesthesia program 3 weeks ago! Awaiting my boards. I am not sure where else you applied but Drexel was an excellent choice! The faculty is great and very approachable. Interview ...

We all feel your pain. How did you study? Everybody swears by Valley. I am taking mine on May 28th. I am frankly just very scared. So much depends on me passing this exam. Like the bills that are piling up!!! Keep us updated with your progress. Thi...

I have an interview at University of Pennsylvania tomorrow. Not as nervous this time. I interviewed at Drexel before and that was very nerve recking. I am really counting on this one to be a successful one. Has anybody interviewed there before or kno...

For lack of a better word, you are barking up the wrong tree!!!

I must agree! I am graduating in May and I must say if I didn't love what I do I would have quit my first semester. You NEED to love it. And yes, the admission committee will know your reasons why and really even if you fool them it will only hurt YO...

TBICU, No you don't need to be talking alphas and betas in your interview. And if that is what they expect they are fools. That is stuff you'll be learning at school to the highest degree. Where else did you apply and or interview? Penn is not all it...

Argh! How many times have you taken the boards and what did you study from? That is a fear we all share. My first language isn't english and I have a hard time with tests. So I am fearing that myself. Hope you find a cure. Keep us posted.

Hi Tanguera, I am currently at Drexel's program and loving it. I am graduating in May 09 and although I applied to PENN they didn't offer me a spot there for the year I wanted. I have a friend however that goes there and he is getting killed. Anesthe...

Drexel University in Philadelphia PA.

Hi Super Sleeper! As long as you find this romantic you are in the right place. Just make sure you save enough stamina to see it to the end. What school are you going to if you don't mind me asking?

Here is a glimpse of my week: Monday: Class from 8am to 4pm. Come home at 4:30 so you can study for the classes that you just had and get ready for your cases in the OR the next day. Oh, don't forget to pee, eat, and sleep. Tuesday: Wake up at 4:30 ...

Here is how I see it. There are different types of people in all our daily interactions in life. This happens to be that part of our life where we can't pick who to associate with and who not to associate with. Being out of control is what sucks here...

Hmmmmmmm? Is this a real question? It's a trick isn't it? Answer: they don't compare. Sorry to be short but it is true...

How far along are you into the program? Loans are one thing but do you really want to go back to the ICU? Not that there is anything wrong with being a ICU nurse but after Anesthesia School and hopes and dreams of becoming a CRNA it would be very dep...

Oh god! That was so long ago. All I can say is I am at Drexel now and couldn't be happier. The interview seemed very informal especially when compared to Drexel's. The director didn't even show up. Thinking back it was pretty bad. They mostly wanted ...

Oooops, sorry! That makes sense...

Hi! I am at Drexel now (class of 09). The instructor is an acquired taste, I admit. But now there is a new professor who is the exact opposite. He is very nice and helpful and actually teaches! What a concept. I am not sure who'll be teaching the fir...

I am at Drexel in Philadelphia.

So again, what school?

Starting in January 2008, where? I just finished my first year and the hardest semester so far was the past fall. This break is soooooooooo nice... My advice would be: 1. Whatever great nurse you were got you to CRNA school. So now it is time to put ...

Wow! Good job! You'll feel so much better when everyone else is trying to juggle all the courses, like me! I had only taken two. Now I have the two research courses left, "Methods for Health Research" & "Evidence Based Approaches". Were you guys ...

They are interviewed at Our Lady of Lourdes, not by Drexel. So it is different group of people.