Texas A&M Uni - Am I competitive enough?

[mtrotchie]

So by the time I finish all my pre-reqs for nursing school after next semester, I'll likely have a 3.5 cumulative GPA (started out as engineering and didn't do so hot), 3.85 pre-nursing GPA, and a 4.0 science GPA. I'll be applying to 2 universities and my local community college's RN program as a backup in case I'm not accepted to the unis. Basically I'm a little worried that I'll not be accepted to either of the unis because of my cumulative GPA. My school of choice is Texas A&M university and I'm wondering if anyone has experience with admissions into their program. I've read some stats and it seems they've accepted GPAs anywhere from 3.12-4.0 but the average is a 3.7 and they also only tend to take about 12-15 external applicants out of a total of like 70 spots. I'm hoping I'll be able to score a 95 on the HESI A2. I'm also an eagle scout and am getting EMT-B certified this summer, although I'm not sure there's even a spot on their nursing application to mark these down (they use something called "NursingCAS" as their application if anyone happens to have experience with that). I guess I'm just looking for a little outside confirmation that these will be competitive stats for admission, any opinions?

[sfrw]

NursingCAS is an awesome tool and they're new update has made applying to multiple schools 10x better. Yes, there is a spot to list honors and awards. Make sure to get all required paperwork sent in early because it takes around a month for them to actually process and review it. Good luck!

[mtrotchie]

In that case do you know how the transcripts portion works? Like this programs deadline is Jan 15th, but I'll have coursework from that immediate fall semester that I'd like included with it.

[sfrw]

You enter all future coursework as "In progress." So I would make sure that you send your transcripts as soon as they are available because of the holidays.