University of Minnesota CRNA 2021

[Mr. ICU]

Hey everyone,

I thought I would post this for everyone applying to the University of Minnesota CRNA for the 2021 start. This will be a great topic to share stats and updates!

[CCRNBSN]

10 minutes ago, Kuoc360 said:

I got the email to interview 2 hours ago

Wow! Amazing! May I ask what are your stats?

[Mr. ICU, BSN]

30 minutes ago, CCRNBSN said:

Wow! Amazing! May I ask what are your stats?

Yeah of course! 3.89 overall GPA and 3.89 science GPA. Honors college graduate, summa cum laude, national society of collegiate scholars, SNA mentor, ICU shared leadership, and 2 years neuro, trauma, and CV level one experience plus 2.5 years of current volunteer experience at the Boys and Girls club 

[RN1234567]

Has anyone gotten any interview invitations since Thursday? Is it assumed that if you did not get one last week you will not get one? 

[RNthings]

1 hour ago, RN1234567 said:

Has anyone gotten any interview invitations since Thursday? Is it assumed that if you did not get one last week you will not get one? 

I got my interview invite on Thursday as well so I don’t know anything about later invites but I do know the first interviews start this coming week.

[Mr. ICU, BSN]

I heard they only interview about 30 people for 15 spots 

[UrineGoodHands7]

Hi friends!

I received an interview invitation. How is everyone holding up? I'm starting to get pretty nervous but just need to keep preparing the best we can ?

[Squishy60]

I received a rejection letter today so I’m assuming if you weren’t asked to interview, then It’s probably a no.... super frustrated. 

[Squishy60]

good luck to those who received interviews ?

[Squishy60]

On 9/17/2020 at 8:01 PM, Kuoc360 said:

Yeah of course! 3.89 overall GPA and 3.89 science GPA. Honors college graduate, summa cum laude, national society of collegiate scholars, SNA mentor, ICU shared leadership, and 2 years neuro, trauma, and CV level one experience plus 2.5 years of current volunteer experience at the Boys and Girls club 

May I ask... do you have your CCRN or TNCC certification? 

[CCRNBSN]

12 hours ago, Squishy60 said:

I received a rejection letter today so I’m assuming if you weren’t asked to interview, then It’s probably a no.... super frustrated. 

Same. I’m super frustrated. I feel sad, my confidence is low, and honestly I feel like giving up. This is my second denial letter. What hurts more is either school is  able to give feedback because the high volume of applications. I’m so happy for those that got interviews! Waiting on my moment ?

[Squishy60]

3 hours ago, CCRNBSN said:

Same. I’m super frustrated. I feel sad, my confidence is low, and honestly I feel like giving up. This is my second denial letter. What hurts more is either school is  able to give feedback because the high volume of applications. I’m so happy for those that got interviews! Waiting on my moment ?

Im happy for them as well. I’m frustrated in all honesty because I have 5 years experience as a nurse with my CCRN and TNCC... I work in a high acuity CVICU and I think I was denied because my GPA isn’t as high. I went ahead and emailed and called stating that this is also my second time applying and I need some sort of feedback.... 

[CCRNBSN]

5 minutes ago, Squishy60 said:

Im happy for them as well. I’m frustrated in all honesty because I have 5 years experience as a nurse with my CCRN and TNCC... I work in a high acuity CVICU and I think I was denied because my GPA isn’t as high. I went ahead and emailed and called stating that this is also my second time applying and I need some sort of feedback.... 

My nursing school GPA is 3.6, my BSN GPA is 4.0 but prior to me going to nursing school, my undergrad GPA was terrible, due to me having a child mid semester. I was hoping the admissions committee recognized my growth. You have more experience than me. I only have 2 years. I’m going to reach out to them as well. I need some type of feedback to help me with future applications. I probably need to retake my science courses. ?