I hold a marketing and advertising degree and for me the road seems to begin in the worst way : numbers, numbers and formulas all the way....

Have recently begun the ATPL theory course and immediately a straight question comes to my mind : do I need to be an engineer or a "numbers freak" in order to succeed and complete the course ? How many of you guys have an engineer background studies or anyway followed a scientific path as secondary school ? Do you feel that having confidence with numbers help significantly the study path ?