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Good luck, you sound bright. Focus on your nursing first! Keep your GPA respectable (>3.3 [higher=better]). Put yourself in a MICU/SICU (Medical/Surgical Intensive Care Unit) at a teaching hospital (Trauma Center) when you finish school, if possible. These areas will be some of the more intense/demanding positions you can take directly out of school, but will yield the fastest results towards your goal. When it comes time to take your GRE, study hard, even take it very soon after graduation (maybe even in your senior year of your BSN). Make certain you shadow a CRNA (several times) to conclude this is what you really want (plus they like to hear that in the interview). Do not be discouraged by the stringent standards. As lonnierp noted, these standards are in place for a reason. If you really want in, you will get in! As simple as that (hopefully). I did not take the traditional path, and I got accepted to several programs. Also, they are currently in the process of opening more programs around the nation. At your age, things will be different when you apply. Good luck. P.S. Many individuals have taken different routes to being accepted. Recommendations that I have listed have worked for many, but other paths are just as acceptable.

Was it a resident in the commercial? They called back after the NICU nurse paged them??? Showbiz!

I heard that somebody got a BIS of >90 off a bowl of Jello!!! How about that BetaRatio parameter. Conclusion: More research into the subject needed, with less N=Jello!!! hehehe

Thanks Medic14, that is very helpful. I have also been speaking with the recuriter to get much of this info. I hope to be grasping all of the little variables of this soon.

Franklin, thank you. This has been some of the best information I have received yet. I actually spoke with a reserve CRNA two nights ago for about an hour, he is getting ready to deploy. After sharing all of the information I have obtained with the boss (wife), we (I) think we (I again), are going to go for it. Again I must stress that money has never been an issue when compared to a desire to serve, but family and future has. If my wife is willing to eat PB&J's while I get the great experience of deploying that is fine with me. I now get the general since that even though you cannot predict it, that would not be the case (Deployment over and over and over) which would substantially decrease the chances of my wife staying at home with the kids. Thanks to all!!!

I have been searching the forums, but does anyone have additional information or experience pertaining to the 90 day rule for deploying Army Reserve CRNA's. I am in my first semester as a SRNA and have considered signing up, but I am concerned with the pay loss if I am deployed over and over again for four years as a reserve CRNA. I have always wanted to serve our country, but going in as a 1st LT you will only make half of what a CRNA would make if you are deployed. Money is not everything but we are concerned that my wife would not be able to stay at home with our children if we lose this kind of income. I know it is a risk, but how much of a risk? Thanks in advance!!

Thanks Siri, I was unaware of that forum. I will surely check into it. KM, I have been informed by another individual that guidelines are made to be broken in the military, I guess I am trying to find an individual who has progressed the same path and experienced how often they are broken. Maybe with an upcoming Democratic Gov., not as much? Uh, did I open a bag of political nightcrawlers?hehe Thanks

I have been searching the forums, but does anyone have additional information or experience pertaining to the 90 day rule for deploying Army Reserve CRNA's. I am in my first semester as a SRNA and have considered signing up, but I am concerned with the pay loss if I am deployed over and over again for four years as a reserve CRNA. I have always wanted to serve our country, but going in as a 1st LT you will only make half of what a CRNA would make if you are deployed. Money is not everything but we are concerned that my wife would not be able to stay at home with our children if we lose this kind of income. I know it is a risk, but how much of a risk? Thanks in advance!!