Hi, I just wanted to post to get some opinions on what people think. I have wanted to work with animals since I was very young and knew what a Vet Tech was or even a Veterinarian. When I was in high school at the charter school I went to I even wrote a essay on what Veterinarians do and what their job is like. I even volunteered at a animal hospital when I was 16 and they said I was a good worker and I am good with animals and I even remember watching them euthanize a dog and it didn't even bother me too much. I am now 26 years old (27 in April) and I have only been in college for a very short time. I started going to a for-profit college when I was 22 years old and was in a Vet Tech program, but I was also living in a homeless shelter and couldn't stand all the stress because my Case Manager at the shelter kept hounding me to go job hunting and I was trying to get SSDI also (I have SSDI now). So, I dropped out from all the stress, plus it was hard to want to stay anyways as the school had horrible tutoring. You only could get tutoring from the teachers between classes and that wasn't enough for me. I was struggling because of it. And I had to get help from classmates and quite a few people in the schools library. The cost for the program was $20,000 and I decided that I didn't want to pay all that back. My dad also told me that he had gone to the school but when it had a different name and that the credits don't even transfer to other schools. After I was done with my 2nd class I dropped out because I could't handle everything and the school just wasn't the right school for me. I did pass my classes with A+'s though.

But I'm really not sure about going to college to be a Vet Tech again as I clearly have learning difficulties. When I was in elementary school I was in a special ed class called "Room 1" for people who have learning difficulties. In 7-8 grade I was homeschooled because of my learning problems. In high school the school I went to was for kids that needed to learn at their own pace. I got great grades in high school and middle school too though, mostly A's but I think that's just because I was getting a lot of help with my homework. I am almost positive I actually have PDD (Pervasive Developmental Disorder) which is a form of Autism.

So, honestly I'm not sure I could make it through the program. I'm honestly afraid I will fail/drop out again. I'm really just not sure if going to college is a great idea for me as I feel like I am stupid or retarded. My sister-in-law talked to me today about it and said since she will be living back in Phoenix, Arizona where I live she would be willing to help me and from what I know about her she's pretty smart. What do you think I should do given my history and my learning difficulties? Oh, also I need to know if people here think even though I've been fired from 3 different jobs for petty reasons (years in the past) if I graduate from the Vet Tech program if people might overlook it because I will have studied it and graduated from college? And does anyone know if the fact that I have SSDI prevents me from getting student loans or grants or both? The course costs like $5,000 - $9,000 dollars. If I decide to go this year I would need to fill out the FAFSA in August and enrollment starts in October.