Accerated courses and how to cope with them

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I have a problem, I want to go into computer animation as a major, but all the places I looked are at an accerated pace. I'm a little slow at processing information, so should I change my major, or keep at it? The animation can be kind of isolated, so I was to keep on pursuing this major. I'm still not 100% sure if animation is the right thing for me. That accelerated part scares me.

You will have to work hard at whatever major you want to do and perhaps harder than most other people will have to work in order to succeed. Yet this will make the taste of victory all the much more sweeter once you have finished. My advice is to look into animation and begin to take some of the classes you'll need for a degree. See if you can talk to your professors, especially if you need special accomodations. However, it is also wise to have a backup plan, just in case all else fails.

Keep your options open, but persue what you enjoy.

My major is going to be pretty fast-paced. What I'm doing is cutting out most of my relaxation time and special interest time. It's painful, but then I'll be so bored I have to do my homework or study.

And, as a back-up plan, I am taking courses that count towards another major I could do, in case the math proves too difficult. (I used to not enjoy math. Now, I have a humble respect for its power. You might consider it a necessary evil for my major.)

Same thing with chemistry or physics. I will probably be the second or third person to admit that I am not supposed to be a physicist, but this does not prevent me from being in awe and respect for both physics and the people who can actually do it.

Calculus classes are a necessary evil for my major. So is the class I am in right now... well, that is required to graduate, but not necessarily for my major, so that is probably considered a different situation.