Comments on: Calling All Candidates http://averageman.org/2008/03/01/calling-all-candidates/ Just another WordPress weblog Fri, 24 Apr 2009 04:45:11 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: David Godden http://averageman.org/2008/03/01/calling-all-candidates/comment-page-1/#comment-354 David Godden Tue, 11 Nov 2008 04:03:40 +0000 http://www.nurseanesthetist.org/blog/2008/03/01/calling-all-candidates/#comment-354 Kimik, I am so happy that you will be interviewing for a program soon after your hard work at the GRE. Here at USC the GRE is a requirement of the graduate school not the program of nurse anesthesia. This is true of many programs. All graduate school candidates must demonstrate a minimum on the GRE in order to be considered for admission and may or may not be used to rank candidates. I can tell you as one of the persons involved in candidate selection, that the GRE in not a major criteria. When evaluating potential SRNA's the whole package is looked at.; experience, grades, attitude as well as how the candidate interviews. The GRE is considered but not heavily. What we want and I am sure what every program wants are students that will be successful as SRNA's and anesthesia providers. That does not always mean the person with the highest grades or GRE scores. So just forget the GRE now and concentrate on doing your best in the interview. Good luck and hopefully we will talk soon. Kimik, I am so happy that you will be interviewing for a program soon after your hard work at the GRE. Here at USC the GRE is a requirement of the graduate school not the program of nurse anesthesia. This is true of many programs. All graduate school candidates must demonstrate a minimum on the GRE in order to be considered for admission and may or may not be used to rank candidates.

I can tell you as one of the persons involved in candidate selection, that the GRE in not a major criteria. When evaluating potential SRNA’s the whole package is looked at.; experience, grades, attitude as well as how the candidate interviews. The GRE is considered but not heavily. What we want and I am sure what every program wants are students that will be successful as SRNA’s and anesthesia providers. That does not always mean the person with the highest grades or GRE scores.

So just forget the GRE now and concentrate on doing your best in the interview. Good luck and hopefully we will talk soon.

]]> By: Kimik1061 http://averageman.org/2008/03/01/calling-all-candidates/comment-page-1/#comment-353 Kimik1061 Tue, 11 Nov 2008 02:06:55 +0000 http://www.nurseanesthetist.org/blog/2008/03/01/calling-all-candidates/#comment-353 The GRE is a bear of a test. I did not do well on my first attempt, and yes i also took the Princeton Review. After my first try i swore that i would never repeat the test. Then, after i became rational, i went to the bookstore and looked for another book to study for review. I ended up using the Idiot Proof Guide to the GRE. I increased my score by 130 points and i have my interview in one month. The test is still a terrible test and does not measure how well a person will do in any program...this is a studied and proven fact! One of those evidence based practice issues, but still all of the programs that i am aware of still need something to judge their candidates by...so the GRE it is. Good luck! The GRE is a bear of a test. I did not do well on my first attempt, and yes i also took the Princeton Review. After my first try i swore that i would never repeat the test. Then, after i became rational, i went to the bookstore and looked for another book to study for review. I ended up using the Idiot Proof Guide to the GRE. I increased my score by 130 points and i have my interview in one month. The test is still a terrible test and does not measure how well a person will do in any program…this is a studied and proven fact! One of those evidence based practice issues, but still all of the programs that i am aware of still need something to judge their candidates by…so the GRE it is. Good luck!

]]> By: doramummy http://averageman.org/2008/03/01/calling-all-candidates/comment-page-1/#comment-355 doramummy Tue, 09 Sep 2008 08:54:14 +0000 http://www.nurseanesthetist.org/blog/2008/03/01/calling-all-candidates/#comment-355 Thanks a lot for your info. I will be applying by December, 2008 to USC. I currently work in a teaching hospital in Los Angeles. My GPA is 3.5 My biggest problem is the GRE. I am so scared of the GRE. I have registered for the princeton review and it had shown how difficult the GRE can be especially the vocabulary. But I have to do it, this is what I want to be in the future and I have to face the challenges. Thanks a lot for your info. I will be applying by December, 2008 to USC. I currently work in a teaching hospital in Los Angeles. My GPA is 3.5 My biggest problem is the GRE. I am so scared of the GRE. I have registered for the princeton review and it had shown how difficult the GRE can be especially the vocabulary.
But I have to do it, this is what I want to be in the future and I have to face the challenges.

]]> By: SAIKINS http://averageman.org/2008/03/01/calling-all-candidates/comment-page-1/#comment-352 SAIKINS Thu, 19 Jun 2008 05:55:09 +0000 http://www.nurseanesthetist.org/blog/2008/03/01/calling-all-candidates/#comment-352 I have been looking at Nurse Anesthetist websites for years and have not found a more appropriate description of how bad I want to become a CRNA. I have recently graduated from nursing school with my ADN/RN. I am enrolled in Grand Canyon University's BSN program and working in the PICU currently. I have 4.0 GPA and am working SO hard to become a CRNA. I have the "fire in by belly", at minimum! I have one concern...I have been told that in Arizona (where I currently live) that I will not be able to find a job as a CRNA because they are not widely recognized here. This is confusing to me because they have a wonderful CRNA program here at Midwestern. Have you heard of this situation before? If, so...any suggestions? I have been looking at Nurse Anesthetist websites for years and have not found a more appropriate description of how bad I want to become a CRNA. I have recently graduated from nursing school with my ADN/RN. I am enrolled in Grand Canyon University’s BSN program and working in the PICU currently. I have 4.0 GPA and am working SO hard to become a CRNA. I have the “fire in by belly”, at minimum! I have one concern…I have been told that in Arizona (where I currently live) that I will not be able to find a job as a CRNA because they are not widely recognized here. This is confusing to me because they have a wonderful CRNA program here at Midwestern. Have you heard of this situation before? If, so…any suggestions?

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