Rosalind Franklin University CRNA - May 2025

BigSTLguy_, BSN, RN · May 30

Just received my denial letter yesterday after being waitlisted in January. Good luck to everyone for the future round of applications!

CONurse84 · May 30

ICUinCRNAschool said:

Hello! I see you were a re-applicant. What did you do to make your application better the second time? Did you re-write totally new essays or submit the same ones? Thanks!

Hi! I reached out as soon as I found out I was waitlisted to get feedback on my application. I had applied very late in the cycle the first time, so the biggest thing they said was to get my next application in as soon as the cycle opened. I was going for one of the CO spots. I did refine and adjust my essays. The prompts were a bit different from the first year as well. I had a CRNA I work with look over my application before I submitted it, for feedback. I did some shadowing, and went back to the ICU PRN since I had left to another specialty for awhile. I think that's most of it! Good luck! We just started class on Tuesday and I have been so blown away by the faculty so far and my cohort is amazing. 53 this year.

ICURN2115 · May 30

For people who have applied multiple places- does anyone have suggestions or recommendations for increasing your science GPA? I was thinking about taking additional science classes to give it a bump. But I didn't know where to start

ICUinCRNAschool · May 30

CONurse84 said:

Hi! I reached out as soon as I found out I was waitlisted to get feedback on my application. I had applied very late in the cycle the first time, so the biggest thing they said was to get my next application in as soon as the cycle opened. I was going for one of the CO spots. I did refine and adjust my essays. The prompts were a bit different from the first year as well. I had a CRNA I work with look over my application before I submitted it, for feedback. I did some shadowing, and went back to the ICU PRN since I had left to another specialty for awhile. I think that's most of it! Good luck! We just started class on Tuesday and I have been so blown away by the faculty so far and my cohort is amazing. 53 this year.

Thanks you so much for this! I did reach out and get feedback after I was waitlisted as well and I definitely plan on re-applying because I hear nothing but good things from the students that get into this program. I will definitely apply August this year instead of waiting. I don't think I applied till October last year. I was asking about the essays cuz I wasn't sure if they expected applicants to totally come up with new essays or if it was okay to tweak old ones. I'm willing to do whatever I have to haha. Thank you for replying and good luck with your studies!!

picunurse123 · Jun 1

ICUinCRNAschool said:

Thanks you so much for this! I did reach out and get feedback after I was waitlisted as well and I definitely plan on re-applying because I hear nothing but good things from the students that get into this program. I will definitely apply August this year instead of waiting. I don't think I applied till October last year. I was asking about the essays cuz I wasn't sure if they expected applicants to totally come up with new essays or if it was okay to tweak old ones. I'm willing to do whatever I have to haha. Thank you for replying and good luck with your studies!!

Did you guys reach out directly to the program director for feedback?