I have now made plans to pursue a career as a CRNA. There are a number of "direct-entry" MSN programs not too far from where I live that start classes in January. The program I am strongly considering attending grants a BSN after the first year, and for the last 1-2 years of the program, you earn an MSN as a Nurse Practitioner and work as an RN. For the work portion, I plan to work as an ICU RN. Also, I have been told by a number of CRNA programs that they will accept transfer credit for MSN "foundation" courses (I.e., courses that students in any MSN program take, whether NP or CRNA).
If I go through the aforementioned nursing program, I can be starting CRNA school exactly 2-3 years from this January, and in addition, I'll be able to transfer a number of credits so that I would only be taking a couple classes per semester in CRNA school and might even be able to graduate early.
I will still apply to AA schools for the third time and see what happens, but considering that I just can't seem to bring my GRE quantitative score above the 45th percentile, I seriously doubt it's going to happen. What's so ironic is that my GRE quantitative score happens to be the average at most CRNA programs...
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