so the update is that I wasted about fifty dollars on having transcripts sent to local colleges thus far (two of them did not get back to me about what I need to do to satisfy their prerequisites even though they said they would a couple months ago). I only applied to one school and got rejected because I did not have college algebra (aaaahhahhahahhahhahhahaaaaaaaa!!) bloody on my transcript. Thank God the application was free. So now I changed my mind and decided to do my teacher certification in physics instead because this way I do not have to take college algebra and geometry and god knows what else. This route is at-least-headache free. YEA!  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k18GzeCpkTY