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Arcella

Arcella

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Hey everyone, I read the post below about this, but it seems to have become a fight between CRNAs and AAs. Lets try to keep this a little civilized 😛 Anyways, heres some questions that I would appreciate being answered!
How competitive are the programs? I have a 3.5, would that be competitve?

How much weight is put on the grades of your Pre-reqs? I made a couple Cs my first couple years of school 😳

How rough is the curriculum? Looks like it could be intense!

Do the admissions commitees look down on some classes being taken at a community college? It was more convinient to take a couple of the pre-reqs at a CC.

If anyone could answer some of these questions, that would be fantastic! Thanks!
 
Arcella said:
Hey everyone, I read the post below about this, but it seems to have become a fight between CRNAs and AAs. Lets try to keep this a little civilized 😛 Anyways, heres some questions that I would appreciate being answered!
How competitive are the programs? I have a 3.5, would that be competitve?

How much weight is put on the grades of your Pre-reqs? I made a couple Cs my first couple years of school 😳

How rough is the curriculum? Looks like it could be intense!

Do the admissions commitees look down on some classes being taken at a community college? It was more convinient to take a couple of the pre-reqs at a CC.

If anyone could answer some of these questions, that would be fantastic! Thanks!
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The programs are very competitive.

They look at the "whole package". C's don't help, but they may not kill you.

The curriculum is very intense - those of you who limped through college at 12-15 semester hours each semester are in for a rude awakening. Think more along the lines of 22+. Your senior year is 40+ hrs a week in the OR plus seminars, conferences, etc on many afternoons or evenings.

As long as your CC classes are from an accredited institution, it shouldn't be an issue. Just make sure they're not "survey" courses. Organic chemistry, biochem, and physics are senior-level courses.
 
jwk said:
The programs are very competitive.

They look at the "whole package". C's don't help, but they may not kill you.

The curriculum is very intense - those of you who limped through college at 12-15 semester hours each semester are in for a rude awakening. Think more along the lines of 22+. Your senior year is 40+ hrs a week in the OR plus seminars, conferences, etc on many afternoons or evenings.

As long as your CC classes are from an accredited institution, it shouldn't be an issue. Just make sure they're not "survey" courses. Organic chemistry, biochem, and physics are senior-level courses.
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Ahh i see. Well I hope the Cs dont kill me! :scared: Now how can i defferentiate between a real course or a "survey" course? I know in the pre-req sections on the school web pages it says just Physics... Would this be College Physics or General Physics? Thanks for the help!
 
Take the science for science majors courses. As in, if your undergrad school offers Principles of Physics (Phys 101), General Physics (Phys 110), and Engineering Physics (Phys 125), take the General Physics. The lower-level physics course is a "survey" course, or course for non-science majors; and Engineering Physics is unnecessary, and would drop your GPA too much.
 
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