<human>: I hope this is the right place to post this. 

I'm 19 years old and will hopefully be entering college this fall. Earlier this year I dropped out from high school. It wasn't a decision I took lightly. Over the years I have amassed quite a few absences due to mental illness and has a result have been kept back three times. If I continued with high school, I wouldn't graduate until around 2014 when I'm 21 years old.

I think doing these last few years of high school would impact me negatively. I talked with people in my school and they also agreed that getting into college that late would put me at a disadvantage.

So instead of graduating high school late I decided to drop out and go for my GED which I will do in June. I've been studying for a few months now and will continue to do so up to my testing date. I'm very confident that I will do well as I always had good grades when I was able to get myself into school.

My problem is, is that I'm worried that I'm not going to be able to do the type of degree program I want. I've always been interested in math and physics from an early age and have wanted to follow this passion into school, but I'm worried that the fact that I dropped out from high school will prevent me from getting into a physics program. I'm also very poor with no credit at all, and I'm worried that if I do get accepted into a physics program, that I won't be able to get assistance in paying for it. There's no way me or my family can pay for it on our own. 

My question is this: Do you think it's a good idea for me to follow my passion and try and study physics, or should I go to a less demanding degree program and study physics at a later date? 

Also, I've never really looked at the job situation for undergraduate physics students. What would my prospects be after graduating?

Thanks for any and all answers and advice! :)

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<bot>: 19 year old dropped out of HS for large number of absences in the past, wants to know if I'll be able to get into a undergrad physics program as a poor GED grad.