Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) CRNA - 2026 Start

Bobofo · Jun 1

Assuming the Richmond main, Abingdon, Roanoke, and Alexandria sites admit approximately 30, 10, 6, and 8 students respectively and considering that the Abingdon, Roanoke and Alexandria sites are reserved for Virginia residents only, non-residents still have a pretty good chance of securing a spot at the Richmond main site even with the requirement that two-thirds of admitted students be Virginia residents.

For those who are offered a second-round interview, I hope we will all get in 🙂

Anonymous347 · Jun 1

I get where you're coming from about public universities serving their states, but I think it's important not to overextend that to CRNA programs. VCU's DNAP is merit-based, and strong out-of-state applicants are regularly accepted. There's no published cap on out-of-state students, and applying general undergrad trends to graduate-level clinical programs doesn't quite fit.

Also, the idea that they'd have to "answer to legislators" for admitting too many out-of-state students in a specialized healthcare graduate program seems like a stretch. These programs are focused on training the most qualified providers, not meeting residency quotas.

Mjenk2 · Jun 1

Bobofo said:

Assuming the Richmond main, Abingdon, Roanoke, and Alexandria sites admit approximately 30, 10, 6, and 8 students respectively and considering that the Abingdon, Roanoke and Alexandria sites are reserved for Virginia residents only, non-residents still have a pretty good chance of securing a spot at the Richmond main site even with the requirement that two-thirds of admitted students be Virginia residents.

For those who are offered a second-round interview, I hope we will all get in 🙂

What makes you say the abingdon, Roanoke and Alexandria sites are reserved for residents only?

Anonymous347 · Jun 1

The non main sites were created to produce more CRNAS in those rural areas, so naturally they'd give it to people who live there not to mention they said they recommend everyone who isn't from Virginia to apply to Richmond in their info session.

11B123 · Jun 1

Mjenk2 said:

What makes you say the abingdon, Roanoke and Alexandria sites are reserved for residents only?

Not from VA. 2nd interview for Abingdon was offered to me.

Mjenk2 · Jun 1

11B123 said:

Not from VA. 2nd interview for Abingdon was offered to me.

Same here!

soontobecrnamommy · Jun 1

Im out of State and was offered a 2nd interview for a satellite site. I don't think people should feel intimidated by the speculation going on about how these sites are only for in state students. I think schools especially CRNA school are more worried about getting a candidate that is the most qualified, most likely to succeed. I highly doubt they would take a candidate who is less qualified just because they are a VA resident. They saw our location during the entire application process. Goodluck to everyone interviewing this week, if it's for you, it will be for you.

craycrayRRNA, MSN · Jun 1

soontobecrnamommy said:

Im out of State and was offered a 2nd interview for a satellite site. I don't think people should feel intimidated by the speculation going on about how these sites are only for in state students. I think schools especially CRNA school are more worried about getting a candidate that is the most qualified, most likely to succeed. I highly doubt they would take a candidate who is less qualified just because they are a VA resident. They saw our location during the entire application process. Goodluck to everyone interviewing this week, if it's for you, it will be for you.

Can't stress this enough too. I got into two other schools— One private and one state school. Schools I believe are looking for the best candidate so that the retention rate is high attrition rate is low and first time pass rate is high. I had a program director stress that student success is important faculty satisfaction is important and programmatic Success is also important.

11B123 · Jun 1

Mjenk2 said:

Same here!

Good luck on your interview. Hope we'll be in school together come January.

Mjenk2 · Jun 1

11B123 said:

Good luck on your interview. Hope we'll be in school together come January.

Thank you, good luck to you too!

ANON1320 · Jun 2

Anonymous347 said:

The non main sites were created to produce more CRNAS in those rural areas, so naturally they'd give it to people who live there not to mention they said they recommend everyone who isn't from Virginia to apply to Richmond in their info session.

Abingdon and the Northern VA site are on the boarder of the state and they would get consideration as well. A friend of mine is from TN and attended in Abigndon and stayed in her local area to work.

ANON1320 · Jun 2

Helping24 said:

I've counted again and we are at 8 people here getting second interviews and none have said they are Virginia residents. Since about two-thirds of the class is supposed to be in-state, wondering if Virginia residents for Richmond haven't been notified yet. Holding out hope.

I believe this approach to VCU's task of managing 600+ applications would be overly simplistic. I seriously doubt that even half of the applicants are reading or responding to this thread.