All you can do is try out and see what happens
For practice, ride a bunch of different horses - as many as you can. You'll try out on a horse you don't know, so get as much experience with different horses as you possibly can prior to your try out.
Just ride your best, and hope for the best. There are plenty of NCAA teams out there, Texas A & M will be tough with a lot of competition - but all you can do is hope for the best and try your hardest.
One last bit of advice - meet the coach and team before you decide to pick a school soley based on what you have heard about the equestrian team or your odds of making it NCAA.
I spent several years on an IHSA team I hated (coach was pretty horrid) at a school I had picked because it was nearby and had an IHSA team. Lesson learned.
For practice, ride a bunch of different horses - as many as you can. You'll try out on a horse you don't know, so get as much experience with different horses as you possibly can prior to your try out.
Just ride your best, and hope for the best. There are plenty of NCAA teams out there, Texas A & M will be tough with a lot of competition - but all you can do is hope for the best and try your hardest.
One last bit of advice - meet the coach and team before you decide to pick a school soley based on what you have heard about the equestrian team or your odds of making it NCAA.
I spent several years on an IHSA team I hated (coach was pretty horrid) at a school I had picked because it was nearby and had an IHSA team. Lesson learned.