Should I give up?

[dontae]

I'm at my wit's end. I am one of the CRNA hopefuls that has been broken by the competitive admissions. I have very good GRE scores, 2 years experience in a level 2 inner city trauma center ICU, and 3.2 GPA. I did interview at VCU a year and half ago, but didn't make the cut. UAB wouldn't even give me an interview. They wanted me to retake some courses. Well, because of infertility issues, I decided that I'd better go ahead and try to get pregnant. I then took a less strenuous position in the PACU of a smaller hospital. I figured I'll never get in anyway, so I decided to enroll in local FNP program. Only been in three weeks and I'm panicking because this is not what I want to do. I love surgery and want to be a CRNA. It will take me at least a year to take some classes and then I'm not guaranteed to get into CRNA school. I guess I'm looking for some support and suggestions. Or do I just not seem to have what it takes? Anybody been in this type of situation?

Tae

[New CCU RN]

I do hope you reapply - and also look into other schools.