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Specializes in ER/SICU.

Hello all! Creating a new thread for the 2021 cycle. I applied and interviewed last year and Pitt is my dream school. Looking forward to meeting you all. Last year I got a call from admissions in February about and interview in March and I imagine that they'll follow a similar timeline.

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Specializes in CVICU.

I’m planning to apply for the 2021 start. Does anyone happen to know about the differences between the first deadline and the second deadline? Is there a benefit to doing one over the other?

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Specializes in ER/SICU.

The first deadline is the priority deadline as far as I am aware. They take the first group of students and assign March interview dates sometime in February. Dr O'donnell said they assign points for different criteria-GPA, research, GRE scores, residency status, etc-and that the interview is the last set of points. If you meet a specific threshold, they'll call you the following week (or two in some cases) and offer you a position in the program, inform you that you'll be waiting to compete against the second round of applicants (which is where they start creating the alternate list), or a rejection letter.

From personal experience, the cutoff for the GRE is 300. If you score above, you are competitive for this program. If not, I'd heard of a student being told to retake the GRE and reapply for the summer interviews. One of the students two years was placed on the alternate list and offered a position fairly close to the start date. if you do apply, there is a list somewhere in one of these blogs that is very close to the actual questions we were asked. Other than that, they really like research on applications.

Hope this helps!

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Specializes in ER/SICU.

I am interviewing on the 24th in the afternoon. The second round of interviews I’ve been told is in March and the final round is in june

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Specializes in CVICU.

I interview on March 16th!

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Hi there!

I'm putting together my application for 5/1 deadline. Can anyone shed some light on the interview process, please? I'm hoping against all odds I'm at least wait listed if I get an interview, but I want to know what to look forward to in the interview.

On 2/5/2020 at 10:16 AM, jshtoole said:

I am interviewing on the 24th in the afternoon. The second round of interviews I’ve been told is in March and the final round is in june

On 2/10/2020 at 2:12 PM, cassdevo11 said:

I interview on March 16th!

Come back and let us know please!

Thanks.

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3 hours ago, Savita Persaud said:

Hi there!

I'm putting together my application for 5/1 deadline. Can anyone shed some light on the interview process, please? I'm hoping against all odds I'm at least wait listed if I get an interview, but I want to know what to look forward to in the interview.

Come back and let us know please!

Thanks.

I am a current student in my first year. Interview process is not bad. It is about 4 hours long. The first portion of it will be a presentation of the program. Second portion is usually where you will go on a tour and complete interviews. You will rotate between professors' offices for about 10 minutes each. For my interview, there were 2 professors in each interview. They will ask personality type questions, nothing difficult (why CRNA, why Pitt, what have you done to prepare, and questions similar to that). I honestly thought 10 minutes each was too short because I was trying to wrap up every time we had to rotate lol) Usually, the clinical questions are asked one-on-one with a student in their last year (which were not bad questions). Just be yourself, they want to get to know you, dress well, and be confident. If you do not know an answer to a clinical question, just say you don't, but offer up that you will find out the answer. The professors and director are very nice and not intimidating. It just seems that way in the interview, but always smile, and try to make them laugh somehow. Also, research the professors, get to know who they before your interview. Every one at the interview is qualified for the program, you have to make yourself stand out.

If anyone has questions, feel free to reach out. It make take a few days for me to respond due to exams and other course work, but I will get back to you

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On 2/19/2020 at 8:18 AM, Penguins88 said:

I am a current student in my first year. Interview process is not bad. It is about 4 hours long. The first portion of it will be a presentation of the program. Second portion is usually where you will go on a tour and complete interviews. You will rotate between professors' offices for about 10 minutes each. For my interview, there were 2 professors in each interview. They will ask personality type questions, nothing difficult (why CRNA, why Pitt, what have you done to prepare, and questions similar to that). I honestly thought 10 minutes each was too short because I was trying to wrap up every time we had to rotate lol) Usually, the clinical questions are asked one-on-one with a student in their last year (which were not bad questions). Just be yourself, they want to get to know you, dress well, and be confident. If you do not know an answer to a clinical question, just say you don't, but offer up that you will find out the answer. The professors and director are very nice and not intimidating. It just seems that way in the interview, but always smile, and try to make them laugh somehow. Also, research the professors, get to know who they before your interview. Every one at the interview is qualified for the program, you have to make yourself stand out.

If anyone has questions, feel free to reach out. It make take a few days for me to respond due to exams and other course work, but I will get back to you

Ah! That sounds amazing. It makes me want to get in that much more.

Thank you for responding.

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IDK how many people they're calling today, but I just got my acceptance offer call at about 11 MST. Anyone else get the good news yet? I interviewed 2/24 during the AM session. I'm excited to hear who else will be joining me!

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Also, I'm very over-eager so I made a facebook group for the cohort.

https://www.facebook.com/groups/1136724653327340/

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Specializes in ER/SICU.

Got my acceptance call from Dr ******** yesterday. Super excited to get started. Looking forward to meeting all 45 of my classmates!

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Congratulations to those who have already been accepted!

To anyone else who was supposed to interview on March 16, have you received info about the teleconference interview? I emailed earlier this week to follow-up but haven't gotten a response yet. Dr O'Donnell said they'd survey for an acceptable time and date, but I haven't gotten anything about that, either, and it's been a month. Have they sent it already and I was somehow missed?

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