The humbling rejection letter.... what to do about it.

[ahSICURN]

As I sat on the couch reading a rejection letter last week I took a moment to reflect on how a small peice of white paper can have the power to completely shatter my ego, confidence, and even has the power to make me question myself and my decision to pursue CRNA school. I've had time to think about this, and I have emerged from my self-induced pity party stronger, with more confidence and resolve to continue to pursue CRNA school.

Obviously with the increasingly high number of applicants for a relatively small number of spots for school, many people will face rejection letters during the course of their journey to become a CRNA. To my fellow rejection letter sufferers, I ask the following questions: how did you cope/are you coping and what advice do you have for those of us facing those thin, standard-sized white envelopes?

[detroitdano]

Holly please search here and on google for possible questions. They are r endless. I search and made myself a huge list to review and study. But really they could ask anything. Different schools ask different things, some more clinical, some more personal.

Good luck

Yeah, you could spend forever looking up questions they may ask. Make your life easier and talk with a current student or someone who interviewed at the school and find out what they were asked. I did and I was 100% prepared for my interview; nothing they threw at me was completely out of left field because I went in with a good idea of the focus of the interview.

[bagola22]

Don't give up, ask the program why you weren't an attractive candidate. I got in the first school I interviewed at that I didnt' really care going to. My second interview at the school I really was dying to go to for years rejected me completely and I cried for 2 days. Rejection is so hard, but at the end of the day I will be a CRNA in 2.5 years and where I went to school wont matter. I'm actually going to a higher rated program and cheaper so I don't know why I got my heart broken over it?

[ahSICURN]

Thank you to everyone here who responded. You all offered some great advice. I've reached out to programs and department heads who have been very helpful. I've been focusing on turning my weaknesses into strengths for this application cycle. Here's to hoping this year yields a coveted acceptance letter!