| Thank you all for the responses, I appreciate it. I am definitely motivated to say the least. I truly feel this is what I need to accomplish so I am willing to make sacrifices now for the greater good. I regret that it has taken so long to be able to even consider this path but such is life. Concerning the self teaching of algebra, it has definitely been an experience, although frustrating at times I seem to grasp most of the concepts. Fortunately I have a very good friend in College who has already taken his math classes so I have the benefit of asking him for help when I get stuck as well as using all of his old text books to study with.
I do realize that those calculus classes are going to be very hard. I actually plan on spending my summer breaks preparing for the material by using books I already have available. I have actually considered a community college to make sure I am ready and depending on how well I do on my placement test that still may be a solution. From my understanding, when beginning some of those harder classes there will be a review of basic concepts to make sure everyone is on the same page, however, with my lack of college experience I am not quite sure. I guess one of my other concerns are classes like physics and chemistry, I have very little experience dealing with these subjects that I may have missed out on by dropping out of school. I just don't want to have to worry about lacking the fundamentals of these classes and feeling lost which may cause me to end up being so behind that I fail the class.
Prism, I completely agree with that strategy. I will be pushing back all EE focused courses until I have finished my math foundation and feel comfortable moving forward, even if it takes me an extra semester. I have also decided to take the bare minimum full-time credit hour schedule to make the transition alot smoother for my first year. In fact, I have considered pushing back my enrollment until spring to give myself more time to work through precalculus and brush up on other subjects that may help in the long run.
I really appreciate all the great advice from everyone, this has been a roller coaster for me but I am determined to see it through. My biggest obstacle has been not talking myself out of it and taking the easy path. |