Today I've worked an early shift, watched a Morse [the one in Italy] and I'v've done three hours of topology revision. Which is more than enough for anybody who is even approaching normally-human basic.
I'm just re-reading the unit texts, surprisingly this has gone well. I'm now grokking some of the stuff that hadn't gone into the meatware the first time round. I'm starting to get a feel for the tools available and what it is that we are trying to achieve. [Although I'm unsure as to what we do achieve, the course just peters out.]
I had my first squatch at the specimen paper today—didn't really like. What worries me is that I'm unversed in the 'dark arts' of the maths game. In the exam you need to be able to mash symbols and know the ways that you need to be mashing them without thought. I plan to practice but time is tight.
The groups course needs to be worked at too. I intend to avoid the tilings/wallpaper/lattices twaddle. I just won't have the time. Besides I like groups, I'll treat it as an amuse bush when I'm too mind-wiped for topology.
I might get through this.
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You will get through this, like you said, just need to put in the time. Learning all the proper symbols and notation is like learning a new language. You should really get doubly awarded for both 'Maths' and a 'Foreign Language'.