Thanks for the wishes, you two. The update to this is that I have been accepted, and I have submitted my FAFSA to see if I qualify for federal aid. Their return message was a joke, I tell you. 
Next is the admissions and financial aid offices at school to get my tuition waiver taken care of (Connecticut REALLY honors its war veterans!), and see about loans and such, and how much credit they'll give me for courses taken in the Navy, and then I can register for the fall.
Pretty simple, actually. Then, I just have to do the work.