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Good point!

Keep studying and good luck!!

I never tried it, but happy for those who got good news using it!

I tested about a month after graduation, it was as early as I was able to, I thought I would start forgetting stuff.

Wow, my class only had 2 leave out of 70, and one was for personal reasons

When I was in nursing school, I had a classmate that was working as a CNA who got sick and found out she had MRSA. She had to take a leave of absence from both work and school but when she when the infection was no longer active, she was welcomed back to both. I guess it depends on policies.

Maybe look for another position besides that one school job you mentioned. A lot of the things you mentioned are really frustrating and not likely to change.

I would say something to her, but in private. I work at a large hospital and we value our volunteers because they walk with visitors to help show them around when they are trying to get somewhere (which we certainly don't have time for).

Thank you to all who responded. Apparently I have given the impression that I am just looking for reassurance that its ok to leave one school for another, but that is not true. I didn't "want" to hear anything other than insight from active SRNAs and CRNAs :) I only know a few CRNAs and they happen to all be close to retiring (age). They are not really involved in the CRNA world much anymore, and all of them actually told me they didn't see a problem with leaving one program for another, so I am glad I decided to seek out other opinions. I really appreciate everyone who has offered their opinions no matter what that opinion was. CRNAGuide2016 - I have already checked to see if there was any possibility of an early decision from the school I'm interested in but was informed there wasn't. Thank you so much for the advice though.

Thank you for sharing this. I hadn't considered the possibility that they may sort of have an unofficial wait list.

Your actions sound very reasonable and professional. That physician is the one who should be ashamed of his behavior. Hopefully your manager understands.

Thanks for the advice. Unfortunately I have already asked about deferment and was told they do not allow it unless you have military obligations. All of the events leading up to me not wanting to go to that school anymore only happened a month ago so I'm trying to make some potentially big changes in a short amount of time. The school also does not have a wait list (asked about it at the interview) so as far as taking up a spot, I have already done that, which I do regret and realize its unfair to an applicant that didn't get in. Its looking like transferring schools in really not common, I'm just not sure if it is also something that is considered wrong to do?

Sounds like you have a pretty good plan. :) I am supposed to start school in a month and am getting cold feet as well (but only about the specific school I'm attending, not CRNA in general). Keep us posted on what you decide and I hope you enjoy your shadowing experiences!

I am in a sticky situation and was wondering if anyone here could give me some advice. I am supposed to be starting CRNA school in January. I only applied to this one school. When I was applying, I was engaged and my fiance (at the time) took a job in another city. So I applied to the one CRNA school in that city since we were going to be moving there. Well I am no longer engaged and I really don't want to move anymore. I was thinking about applying to a school that is in the city where I currently live. I would still attend the school starting this January in case I don't get into my local school. But if I do get into the local school, I would definitely want to leave the other school and move back. They say they send out admissions decisions around May/June. I don't even care that I won't get any transfer credits or anything. Both financially and personally it would benefit me greatly to go to my local school. I have to decide quickly because the application deadline is very soon (I have most of the application done already but haven't turned it in). But I am wondering if it will somehow come back to bite me if I leave one school in the middle of a program? All the CRNAs I know told me they have never heard of anyone switching schools. Is it too taboo? Any advice? If anyone else has been in this situation or knows of someone that has I would really like to know what you did and why. And thank you to anyone who has actually read all the way through this ramble.