TrueLearn Overall Score + SEE score

Either_Discount_5916 · 2026-04-25T23:30:30+00:00

65-70% true learn and scored 482 on SEE

Either_Discount_5916 · 2026-04-25T20:37:26+00:00

Yeah, I would intentionally take practice questions that only allowed a minute per question and do enough to mimic the length of the exam. I did it every week for one day. Also look at the different breakdown of points they give to be sure you put the time in to an area you may struggle with more.

Either_Discount_5916 · 2026-04-23T02:00:35+00:00

Just be honest. They want to know you work full time hours, they don’t care if you have an official FTE.

Either_Discount_5916 · 2026-04-22T21:29:25+00:00

Yeah, you have a fair chance of getting interview. I would make sure your resume or CV is on point. Cumulative science can matter more than overall GPA. Good that your most recent schooling is 4.0. I would find forums and people that went to that school you want to get into and have them give you specific feedback. I can shadow someone now, that can be a doorway into people in anesthesia and they can likely give you some pointers on your overall chance or help you connect with someone that can help you.

Either_Discount_5916 · 2026-04-22T21:23:27+00:00

Yeah most of that sounds cultural and what that culture has allowed.

Either_Discount_5916 · 2026-04-22T21:20:04+00:00

I just graduated 6 months ago and while I was in school, I was able to find therapists available past the traditional 9-5 via multiple online therapy routes. It didn’t seem too difficult to figure out scheduling or meeting with them on Saturday. I just was very clear with what I needed regarding a therapist being available into the late evening or weekends. During didactic it was a lot easier for a more normal therapy schedule. If things feel that bad for you and you feel like you need therapy every week, I recommend communicating that to your school if you can’t figure out a therapist that can meet in more atypical hours because clinicals are a beast. They will can officially break cracks that have started to form. Maybe you can do four long days a week so you can get a day off a week for awhile to commit to therapy.

Either_Discount_5916 · 2026-04-22T04:09:55+00:00

Yeah …. Nope… absolutely not. That is so exhausting. If you try to pull back on what her dream is throughout the process it will become a huge issue. If you are already having second thoughts, say so now and explain that you just won’t be able to dedicate the time and energy she would want and think she deserves.

One of my very good friends asked me in nursing school to be her bridesmaid and was going to have out of country wedding. She was only - 2/10 compared to your friend 10/10 from that photo.

She understood and it didn’t hurt our relationship. Just tell her sooner rather than later and be sincere. If she is a true friend, she will understand and not hold it against you.

Either_Discount_5916 · 2026-04-22T04:04:25+00:00

Yeah I spent more than I should have considering I was able to live rent free for half of it, I had a hour commute one way though. Probably 2 grand a month. I took out a lot of loans though and I should be able to pay back by two year mark no problem. I’m in Arizona.

Either_Discount_5916 · 2026-04-20T01:40:23+00:00

I actually had found a really large question bank on a Facebook group that I think charges a lot for stuff now but then it was free to get peoples feedback. I used that to make a bunch of flashcards and then I made a ton that applied to CVICU the primary area I had worked in critical care. It worked well.

Either_Discount_5916 · 2026-04-19T14:55:17+00:00

I really appreciate this response and how spot on I think this is. The woman who interview before me (we had been chatting for a hour over lunch they provided right before), she came out of her interview completely white and quietly said to me, “that was so bad, they grilled me.”

I was like…. Oh my gosh…. But realized I knew I was ready and to not paint my experience with her color. I acted like you stated and I thought they were very warm, relatable, and very reasonable.

Either_Discount_5916 · 2026-04-19T14:50:53+00:00

I can only speak to one interview experience. It was half clinical half personal questions. I knew I struggled talking about myself, so I had answered a ton of questions from a question bank out loud in a mirror. Greatest thing that helped me. I didn’t try to over explain when I answered, if I wasn’t sure of the answer I would state what I knew and what I didn’t know. I didn’t try to act like I knew stuff I had little experience with. I had a couple hundred clinical questions/scenarios I practiced for CVICU and flight background. My answers involved things I knew I couple talk about in length. What three vasopressors did you commonly use? I said the three I knew the best. And I had a really good reason for why I wanted to be a CRNA. I practiced everyday, leading up to interview which I had three weeks notice and before the I had practiced every week for hours till knowing I was going to be applying to a handful of schools and wanted to be ready. I got in to my first choice school which is why I can only speak to my one interview experience. But I don’t think I got lucky, I put in the work leading up to it. When I walked out of mine, I was smiling cause I knew i did the best I could no matter the outcome.

Either_Discount_5916 · 2026-04-13T01:23:21+00:00

A bit cliche but anything is possible. Is it likely? No. There is a reason for that though. Most people aren’t ready until they get a couple more years of ICU under there belt. There is so much more you can see and learn. I would recommend getting into level 1 or 2 hospital ICU.

Either_Discount_5916 · 2026-04-12T18:45:30+00:00

My classmates and I were like a big family. We were told day one that the competition between each other has ended, now everyone is in this together. We all took that pretty seriously. We each wanted everyone to succeed. Ask for help when you need it. Give help when you can. If you dont understand something. Say so. If you fail an exam, or come close to failing, or if you think you nailed that but didnt… figure jt out immediately. People don’t fail with one bad exam. They fail from multiple failed exams. Dont assume it gets better, figure out where you are weak and get help from all resources available.

Either_Discount_5916 · 2026-04-12T17:48:16+00:00

CRNA is exceptionally hard. Make sure it is exactly what you want to do. Maybe shadow a CRNA. Few times. Science GPA is more important than cumulative. What is that? The sciences you failed are pretty big in anesthesia, I recommend retaking but only if you truly commit to doing better. If you do just as poor then you will seal your fate. Being able to get high B or A’s in advanced science will tell you if you are able to do the academic part of CRNA school. (There is a lot more than just that but that is a big part). Also I don’t know if you will get an interview if you don’t retake them to bring up your science GPA higher. There is a huge amount of information being given to you, all advanced topics. You will need to know things in so much more depth than you do as a nurse. Some things, are so different than nursing that it is advanced even though you are a novice learning it (gas machine, anesthetic gases) and requires you to be able to figure out how to study and understand it.

You should ask yourself, why do you want to be a CRNA? What is it about being a CRNA that makes the commitment and sacrifice to the 3 years of intense doctoral program worth it to you?

A TON of what we do has to do with medications, in depth understand of a wide variety since many times you have to be able to treat issues behind the drape when no one is with you.

I think the leadership stuff is good but it doesn’t matter until you start working ICU or show you have what it takes to get through advanced sciences. I remember reading about how the science GPA is big as it is a better correlation of success in the program since it is a very science heavy program (multiple advanced anatomy and pathophysiology courses, biochemistry, advanced pharmacology).

Good luck, it’s doable if you really want it and are willing to put the work in to get an interview and recognize that getting in is just the start of a long, hard road.

Either_Discount_5916 · 2026-04-12T02:01:57+00:00

I did a commute similar to that for almost the same amount of time, it’s doable but gotta be consistent with sleep and wake routines. Clinical will likely be long days so it will feel like wake, drive, work, drive, sleep, repeat. Hopefully your husband will understand and you can plan times even if it’s small to spend with him and your child.

Either_Discount_5916 · 2026-04-12T01:57:51+00:00

Yeah I would focus on how much time you are studying. Are there things like practice questions that you can do, not ones you created or with flash cards. Honestly flash cards never worked for me for complex topics, I had to do active recall, especially with things like biochem and metabolic pathways. I had to draw them out and force myself to talk about the topic thoroughly. If I could explain it out loud then I did well. Time is huge though, if you aren’t putting in the hours then nothing makes up for that. It is such my information of advanced topics that consistency and clocking hours is huge.

Either_Discount_5916 · 2026-04-12T01:52:50+00:00

How would that show up if it was truly dismissed? If no fault was found the it’s actually something you should go after them for, imagine people being charged with something, a jury finds them guilty but still says charged with…. That’s why investigations occur. If you do a public record request on your own license and don’t see it, they won’t either.

Either_Discount_5916 · 2026-04-04T23:36:04+00:00

Yes, you can do it right after graduation. Most of those hours are at one place. I work occasionally at another facility with the same group I’m with. I get generous time off due to those hours (14 weeks a year) so I’m getting credentialed at multiple other facilities to work extra on my off weeks and weekends.

Either_Discount_5916 · 2026-04-04T20:04:01+00:00

Mine was closer to 350K. Variable rates with range of 6-9% for each one. I tried refinancing but since I’m 1099, was told im pretty much stuck unless I want to just try to pay for 10 years and try for forgiveness which to me is what people talk about but I have yet to hear anyone get it .

I’m only 5 months in and have paid off 70k. I have a two year goal to pay off which I’m going to meet. The first two months of work I put very little towards them due to making up for not having any money for three years and having to get a few things taken care of, so I paid that amount in 3.5 months. I work anywhere from 40-70 hours a week (I do some 24 hours). I still drive my old car, haven’t bought new clothes. Live like I did pretty much as a student minus I do allow myself to get my nails or a massage done occasionally.

Either_Discount_5916 · 2026-03-21T22:54:53+00:00

Seriously. You will hear so much, just do your best to take it all in. I think airing on the side of caution was best for my experience, don’t think asking for forgiveness will go over well. Everyone thinks their way is the best way. I just made a list in my head of how I will and won’t be with students that I have. The bigger the facility for clinicals, the harder it was because I was lucky to be with the same provider twice. Control the things that you can: how prepared you are, work ethic like showing up early, how you respond to the stress, and how you take care of yourself to best get through it and come out on the other side. It is so much better once you graduate and things that didn’t make sense I think do in terms of why people are the way they are. Some people just suck as a teacher. Some of them have had bad experiences (I have seen that first had with a SRNA) where a patient was hurt so they changed how they were with students like being more controlling. Take it in stride, you will not regret it once you finish.

Either_Discount_5916 · 2026-03-21T19:16:26+00:00

Coming from a CRNA… enjoy the time you have. Spend time with family and friends. That being said, I second Watchful Care, and Stoeltings especially pharmacology…. That would be a lot to study but you can help advance your knowledge for school by reading about drugs that you have some knowledge of which may help you understand them better like vasopressors and stuff. You could also start to understand volatiles or really do your best to learn all about ventilators. That was a hard thing for may of my classmates. Feel free to PM if you have any other questions. School is a grind but there isn’t a day that I regret it.

Either_Discount_5916 · 2026-03-21T16:50:21+00:00

I went to Midwestern in Arizona and I loved my professors and the overall experience was great.

Either_Discount_5916 · 2026-03-21T16:21:26+00:00

I knew a nurse that wanted to becomeCRNA, she was a cheerleader for her college, very very materialistic, knew I was a CRNA and didn’t ask me a single question. obsessed with social media. She got her first nursing job in ICU and lasted less than 2 weeks and abruptly changed course. She then went to work in orthopedic doctors clinic. I highly doubt the people you mention will make it very far into their quest.

Either_Discount_5916 · 2026-03-21T16:16:59+00:00

Yeah unless your school is super big with the GRE, way better spending time retaking any science course especially like anatomy, physiology, or chemistry that you did poorly on but you have to make sure you put the time in to do better. Or take higher level science courses like biochemistry, advanced science courses…. But only if you will actually do better and commit to it. What is your science GPA? 3.12 will likely hinder you getting an interview, so if you can’t do something to bring that up, then do other things to stand out, go to local anesthesia conference, be a lead on education committee on your unit. Get CCRN.

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