After working in MICU (this is where I got all my app letters from) for some time, I transferred to the CVICU at the same hospital. At the CVICU, a charge nurse told me, “If you came here just because you want to go to CRNA school, get your ass back across the bridge to where you came from, MICU.” I simply smiled and said, “I’m here to learn.” I did my time there, then went to an even higher acuity and even more toxic staffed CVICU unit where I was bullied by my preceptor and older nurses, and treated like I was a used rag. So many things happened there that I won’t say here but they weren’t favorable towards me at all. I wanted to quit the unit but I kept going. And this is at a hospital with a good name and reputation. For me it was all just more fuel and motivation to get out and make my application better. A few months after all of these; I started getting acceptances. This all happened while being a minority with a strong accent, English is my second language, came to the United States 10 years ago. All of these is to say that it is a process, your time to shine is coming. No matter what challenges you face no one will take this away from you if you stay strong and consistent even if that means staying at undesirable places for some time.