I'm going to echo batsenecal's comment about 75k animal experience hours. That's actually what my equine hours came out to be, and it made me pause and recalculate several times - and I'm nontraditional (in my 30's and ran a horse training facility full time for a decade before going back to school, in addition to having grown up a competitive equestrian). Definitely check that. (As an aside, that number caused the supplemental app to shut down on me, which was horrifically scary. I think they've fixed those glitches, though.) Also understand that you can only count a maximum of 200 hours (100 hours max per species, up to 2 species) for pet ownership on the main app. You can, however, expand on that in the supplemental app.
As far as GPA goes... 3.4 can be on the low side for A&M, and I knew a lot of people on the 3.3-3.5 range who were told in file review that they needed to bring that up. That said, I also have a few classmates who had GPAs in that range who had impressive clinic experience and greater recommendations. My guess is that it's a range that doesn't impress them, exactly, but doesn't discourage them if they see other attributes they like. In any case, institutional GPA isn't a thing for them; it's cumulative GPA, science GPA, and last 45 GPA. I actually did about half my credits for my bachelor's at a community college and the other half at A&M, so community college doesn't appear to be a dealbreaker.
As far as interviews go... I guess it depends on how you do under pressure? A&M uses the MMI system - there are 6 stations, and at each station you get 2 minutes to read the prompt and gather your thoughts followed by 6 minutes to answer the prompt to two "interviewers" (they actually don't say much") before moving on to the next one. I don't know that I'd count on that setup to try to wow the admissions committee - better to use your essays for that - but at least it goes fast.
Anyway... I know it's easy to sit here and type this, but the one piece of advice I'd give is to try to get yourself to a mindset where you aren't already extremely worried. If you're applying for the class of 2026, you have more than a year to go before your decisions are out. That's an incredibly long time to be extremely worried. At this point... you've done a lot of work, so focus on putting together a strong application that really shows off what makes you great. Save the extreme worry for fall, after you've submitted everything.
thank you in advance.
