College of Engineering Chances and thoughts

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Wed, 30 Dec 2009 01:10:42 +0000

I’m 30 y/o been in school on and off. I started really bad and was recently diag w adhd. For the past year I’ve only got A’s. I only have core classes left to do. I completed only Calc 1 and Chem1. In calculus 1, I got an A. In chemistry I got an F in 2003, the following year I worked hard and got an A. Math, Physics, and Programming are easy for me. I usually get the best score in the class. English on the other hand, I struggle with. Every semester I spent in school I’ve worked except this year when I told myself. I have a problem. This summer I went to the psych and proved my innatention problem. At one point my GPA was 1.68 with 53 credit attempts. Right now is 3.45.

My highschool was one of the most violent ones in NYC. It has been closed now. I didn’t attend any classes because I was always tired and sleeping, it wasn’t like if I had a social life like a typical NYC teen. I now see how my disability affected my whole life. When I was in elementry school I opened the workbook for arithmetic and fell asleep on it. That’s why my mental arithmetic isn’t too good, but I’m improving it greatly. When I was in middle school I got 99 percentile once or twice in the citywide math test. That was the standardized math test for NYC. Back in 92, 93. When I took the entrance exam for bronx hs of sci, I fell asleep while taking it. Even after getting full nights rest and eating breakfast like they told me too, a lot of times. I even felt weird in there, I wasn’t used to such diversity. Asians, Indians, and whites. I’ve never seen that when I was 12. I’m Dominican/Salvadorian. All I’ve seen before was Dominicans, Puerto Ricans, and Blacks kids throughout my academic career until that point.

If given adequate time, due to my slow processing mind, I ussually score 94-100 on exams. I believe, I’m very good with logic, rational thinking, and analyzing. In programming class, my programs are far more effecient and better than any other student. Not that it means much because I’m in a community college and others aren’t into thinking or anything.

The major I’m pursuing is Computer Engineering(Hardware). Maybe OR.

My career goal is to work with stocks or money. I’m planning to get a masters in Financial Engineering, or Finance Mathematics.

I know I will get into UF for sure because of 2+2, and my school also has an articulation agreement with Georgia Tech.

What are my chances at this college? Is it even worth going here, over my two other choices?

I appreciate any input, good or bad. Even ones irrelevent to my two questions.