AFROTC Nursing - Process, Competitive?

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Hello, I'm a senior in high school and I plan on joining the AFROTC.

I'm not only doing it for the financial benefits, but I really want to do it because I know it will really help me grow both physically and mentally. I believe that it is a huge honor to be able to serve my country.

The problem is that I'm not sure whether I'll be able to get in.

I plan on majoring in nursing (obviously), because that's my passion, but my grades are not exactly "appealing."

Before junior year, I had a cumulative GPA of about 3.8 and a WGA of approximately 4.05. I was taking honors and Pre-IB classes. After junior year however, my grades plummeted to a disappointing 2.76. It was mostly due to emotional instability (father losing job, family problems, depression, etc.) I no longer take IB classes and I still have a WGPA of 3.26, but I don't know if that's going to help much.

I'm really pushing myself to do my best and working my hardest to raise my grades before I graduate from high school, but considering that I want to take advantage of the AFROTC scholarship opportunities, I have to submit my application in before December 1st of this year.

I know it's really competitive, but do you think I have a chance?

Also, I don't know if this helps, but...I only took the SATs once and got a composite score of 1590. With only the Math and Critical Reading sections, I have a score of 1060. Would that be enough? I know you have to have at least a score of 900, but I also want to take into account that I'll be competing with hundreds of others who probably have a higher score than I do.

And another thing: I haven't sent in my college applications yet. I'm only applying to three (again, financial issues hold me back from applying to more) and two out of those three have the AFROTC Program. I know I have a big chance of being accepted into one of those two colleges.

What do you think? Should I go for it?

Please help, I'd really appreciate everyone's input on this.

Thank you so much in advance!

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