Crippling self doubt! (aka starting college at 40!)

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Welcome to the forum!

I'm in a similar situation ... or should say I was.  I had approximately 15 credits from my first year in college.  Like Merlin and others here, I was 17 years old when I started my college journey.

Anyhow, I started small to get back in the swing.  I hate butt-in-seat courses for the reason you described:  my kids and her whiney friends dominate the college scene, especially during the day.  So instead of that chaos, we have lots of options to get you moving in the direction you want to go.

In addition to the TEEX courses, there is at least one if not two free courses on Sophia and at least one insurance (?) course, I think.  There's a wiki on this, which I thought I had bookmarked but I cannot seem to locate.  Perhaps someone else will chime in or maybe that's one of the wikis you've already read.  

I think BJ mentioned onlinedegree.com.  Their courses are $9.  They're accredited by NCCRS so if you're thinking of attending WGU, those courses won't likely transfer.  But they should transfer to TESU, COSC or EXC.  And $9 to get a feel for getting back in the groove of things is pocket change.

Btw, if you're going to take Aleks math courses, come here and ask some questions before enrolling.  You can get 3 credits each for college algebra, college trig and statistics.  There's an optimal way to knock out Aleks math courses in a very short period of time. You can test out by completing the initial assessment and earn 3 credits with one short, un-proctored assessment.  There are tricks to make sure you don't get caught in the proverbial loops at Aleks or register for duplicate courses.  Getting the inside scoop on this forum will help.

Formulate a short plan for yourself and ask more questions, come back and post your degree proposal, even if it's been posted before.  Things change with time and what was true last year, may no longer be true now.