Thanks for this, and to everyone else who responded to my question. I have to say, after the disappointment of being rejected, the supportive community I have found on this forum has been one of my rocks over the past couple of days!
Re the pre-reqs, you confirmed my fears; that is that cost of out of state tuition is completely prohibitive for me. However, I live in NC, so have a few good places to choose from. I will be re taking statistics and physics at the local community college and will attempt to knock out the bulk of the pre-reqs over the next year.
Did you contact your schools to ensure that the credits would transfer prior to enrolling?