George, sorry for the very late reply (four months later), but yes I was referring to the probability of traveling through the singularity, not the event horizon. The interesting study is where the traveler ends up upon entering the singularity. My apologies for not being able to contribute or...
Narnia -- I've been trying to find an entrance for quite some time. Where is that black hole? :-)
World of Warcraft? No, I prefer a few zones in Everquest like Twilight Sea. :-)
Also, UC Berkeley has a good Physics program. Did you consider that university? It's public, and I'm not sure, but I think after the first year, you qualify for resident tuition fee (that is assuming you're not a Californian).
A B.S. degree will open the door for technical positions at places like NASA and other similar research institutions, however it may take many years for you to pay off the $120K debt. (I used to live in Ithaca, by the way, and still have friends there.) You seem like a very intelligent person...
There is a physicist by the name of Amos Ori whose research is about this subject matter. I have met him many years ago at Caltech, and he did explain to me that it is possible to escape the event horizon. I had a copy of his paper, and he has worked with Kip Thorne on this subject matter...