University of Pittsburgh (Pitt) CRNA - 2026

craycrayRRNA, MSN · 2025-06-04T00:24:03Z

GomerB52 said:

Noope, the class size is 60+20. They have already accepted 25 of the 60. So 35+20 is the current availability.

Ahhh I see. Cool beans

GomerB52 · 2025-06-04T00:28:03Z

Sorry for the second post, the problem with the first 25 is you had no one to compare the scores/people too. So of course the first 25 look stellar (not saying they aren't), but there is no reference. Same thing happens when you do 2 days of interview panel for a job. The first 2 you may be like wow, then maybe one after lunch makes you go uh oh on the first 2 scores. Then after lunch second day the real person that's going to get the job comes in and blows everyone away. So they all have to go back and adjust the scores. Having sat on enough interview panels, its a real thing.

propofolpusherprincess, RN · 2025-06-04T02:23:08Z

GomerB52 said:

Sorry for the second post, the problem with the first 25 is you had no one to compare the scores/people too. So of course the first 25 look stellar (not saying they aren't), but there is no reference. Same thing happens when you do 2 days of interview panel for a job. The first 2 you may be like wow, then maybe one after lunch makes you go uh oh on the first 2 scores. Then after lunch second day the real person that's going to get the job comes in and blows everyone away. So they all have to go back and adjust the scores. Having sat on enough interview panels, its a real thing.

I agree. Like if you're going to be doing this many interviews than you should just wait until the end to send acceptances, no shade but their system doesn't make sense but they are one of the best programs so it must be some method to this madness

levo_lady12 · 2025-06-04T21:30:56Z

The statement of the people already accepted having no one to compare to is false. They compared them with the interview scores of students in the program from the past several years. They were very straight-forward about this at least during my interview day. So no, the scoring system isn't skewed to favor those who were first to interview.

GomerB52 · 2025-06-04T21:39:09Z

The past is a trend, you have to compare current data to current data. Yes. You may have 25 people that scored above the bar. But what happens in interviews 4,5, 6, and 7 when each have 15 that also score above the bar and some above those that have already been offered. The point is you start painting yourself into a corner. Offer all at once or have an anonymous running board to let people know where they stand in the ranking. Don't put yourself in a situation where you are in a corner, with a great candidate that blew everyone out of the water, but they interviewed last and yesterday you offered the last position.

propofolpusherprincess, RN · 2025-06-04T21:43:40Z

Let's all just be patient and have faith. I feel like we're all coming as GREAT applicants and anesthesia is SO competitive at this point. And it's going to be tough decisions for them either way! Remember tom Brady was 7th round pick and is one of the GOATs LOL

**Hannaheas, BSN, RN** · 2025-06-04T21:46:01Z

Getting an interview is them saying they like you on paper for their program. If they feel that after an interview that you are in the mold of what they want for their students and have the points to match previous cohorts successful students then that's their decision to extend an acceptance. They definitely don't do their admissions process in the traditional way but they know their program and the students that succeed in it so 🤷‍♀️

CtophWhodat · 2025-06-04T22:00:41Z

I'm clarifying this as someone who attended Pitt, has friends in the program, and was recently accepted back in April.

1. It is a point system. Let's say half the points are from your resume (they don't share what they score on....but take a guess: CCRN, Years of experience, GPA, etc...) The other half of the points is from the interview. Let's say 50 points from the resume and 50 from the interview for a total of 100. If you achieve all the points from the resume, and are timely, of course, you will interview sooner than someone who has 20/50 resume/application points. This was made clear in my interview. If you applied later, there is an exception, but by and large, interviewing sooner is a good thing, per the head of the program.

2. Interview- this is the other (for the sake of this example), 50 points to total 100. If you knock it out of the park and have 50 + 50 = 100, there is no statistical probability that would not place you in the top 60 spots. How can one assume this? --> because if you interviewed sooner, you likely garnered more points than later interviewers from your resume alone - aka there is no probability of being beaten = you are accepted.

3. Take it with a grain of salt because not everyone interviews or applies at the same time, so some things are in flux, but by and large, this is the way the process works as I understand it anecdotally and from interviewing.

Edit: this is not to deter people. People drop, decide against it, and clearly cannot make the interview dates in the order they are offered, and I would imagine a killer personality may hold more weight than any point system, and so my point is not to discourage, but to help everyone understand the general schematic described to me so that they can be fair with admissions - by making it mostly objective with points

medicu2 · 2025-06-07T21:20:04Z

has anyone heard anything new