hubris

Not at the MS level. If you are coming out of a PhD program, then it might be a conversation point.

Calculus (really) and algebra.

My two cents: there is no reason to keep that low of a GRE score given the amount of time you have. Speed and accuracy can easily be built up and so will your prospects.

Hopefully your worries turn out to be nothing more than that. There was (is? I don't really keep up with the forum anymore) a member on the coffee geek website that was an older student in a PhD program at UChic with cancer. Seemed to be generally in good spirits, but this all mediated via the web.

Schaum's series, lecture notes, and one of the mathematical methods for physics books should help you out.

Yes, I think you need to increase your general GRE. Quant strikes me as too low and you can easily increase it. Of course, keep your salt shaker near by.

Pump up the GRE scores and you should be game.

Stillwater is a college town, but a really small one. Basically you can drive around the entire town in 15 minutes. Not many coffee shops (two come to mind) and bookstores (two?), environment is mellow. Weather can be pretty drastic, ice and snow, and high 90s. Not a bad place to study, but fairly limited in offerings.

Drill and skill (on the cheap) : Schaum's outlines will have plenty of what you are looking for.

I have visited Columbia a couple of times, so keep that in mind. Seems to be a typical college town, in that there is a bus system and a large bike track system. I think it could be done, but YMMV.

Ha! That is true to an extent.

Not to sure about the applied aspect, but UW's programs is stellar.

Assuming you mean industry, you have nothing to worry about.

Possible, sure. Sensible, not so much.

Echoing the Prob recommendation esp since you are paying for these courses. A non-engineering LA course is likely to not be useful to you.