I was accepted earlier this week for their Game Art nd Design course Online, so I'll be getting a fairly indepth run with Maya Software, among others.

I'll be taking the Math and English placement test later in February, to see where I stand as far as those goes. English I will most likely not even have to take, but Math I'll definitely have to take. It was and has been my strongest area, with Science in second.

3-year Course for a Bachelor's Degree. And from what I read, they don't offer an Associates Degree.

I have done the FAFSA paperwork for a grant and for student loans, however I still need to actually apply for a loan. The Pell Grant will come late, but, depending on how much I'll get from it (The max of $4,731 or the minimum of $400, or somewhere inbetween) will help immensely, especially depending on how much I have to pay per month in the classes.

$4,200 is going to the required software. (Which one that list is Maya, there's probably more. I'll find what is required here in a couple of weeks).
$2,200 is going for books. (Less if I can get used Books)
And if I can get a little more from the loan, I can cover the worse-case cost of $150 per month as my Job hunt is really not going well at the moment. (it'd be great if I didn't have to pay anything per month, which is one of the possible things from the PoweerPoint presentation given to be me by Admissions).

My dad was nice enough to order me some more RAM for my computer, an extra 2-gigs for about $30 (including Tax and S&H) from TigerDirect. That should be here next week.