Answered by CoachT
The "I had a baby" part is immaterial -- unlike in high school, you're an adult now and some adults have children. That part matters to very few people. Most adults returning to college have a family, it's just 'normal'. The fact that you can afford to pay your way ("I have the money") does matter a little but not so much in acceptance as in staying once you get accepted. That you have a GED will make some difference but not as much as you might think. Plenty of GED holders go on to get a bachelor's degree or more. My wife dropped out of HS, got her GED, and now has two bachelor's degrees and is double majoring her master's with a 4.0 -- you just have to move forward and do it. ☺ That you've identified your weakness in math is good. First step is to correct that weakness. Your local community/technical college teaches courses in remedial and lower college level math and you should take advantage of that availability. Psychology as a major includes statistics, you'll need that math skill. After you correct that math problem, if you're under 24-25, you'll need to take the SAT or ACT. Don't take it before you correct the math skill issue. A high score is essential because you don't have a complete HS GPA to consider. Taking a year (30 semester hours) at the community college and scoring a high GPA will help a lot in getting into somewhere like CofC. This gives you an academic GPA for consideration and makes you a transfer applicant (easier admission most places). Transfer applicants often don't need an SAT/ACT score either, it becomes all about the GPA (proven ability). Alternatively, if you're paying you own way, you could apply as a "non-degree seeking student" at CofC and take a year (30 semester hours) before you apply as a degree seeking student. Admission as a non-degree seeking student is much easier but there's the chance that you'd spend a year there and still not get accepted. Whether you go to CofC or somewhere else or nowhere else -- do something about the identified weakness in math skills. You don't have to let that remain as your academic weakness, a couple classes at the community college will fix it. The only person that can tell you for sure if you can get in anywhere is the admissions officer. Apply and find out. Good luck.