<p>“I sort of came from the ghetto, and Im starting to think that the system is built to keep those people down”</p>
<p>That would explain the Oppress the Poor Act of 1995 and the governments secret mission to deny opportunities to the poor, not help them financially, not give any funds to poor school and colleges decision to not help the poor by not giving them full financial aid.</p>
<p>Guess what? I never learned trig or any of those equations in high school, either, and my HS won a blue ribbon award despite it’s economic diversity (John Kerry had a house in the district, but some kids were on food stamps). Why didn’t you study those concepts over the summer, ask for a tutor, ask Prof’s for help, or take a basic math class at a CC? Unless you’ve done everything you could to improve your understanding or concepts, you shouldn’t blame your HS. If you have, maybe engineering isn’t for you. There are things you don’t learn in HS, there are ways to pick it up in college. Don’t complain, do something to improve things.</p>