Universities in Michigan who accepts 2.0 gpa, is it better to go to a community college, then transfer to a university? Help please!?

Northern Michigan accepts pretty much anyone with a pulse, but with a 2.0 GPA, you're not ready for a university. You're barely graduating from high school. It would be a complete waste of money to go to a university at this point. You need to develop some self-discipline and study skills if you ever hope to graduate from college. Start with community college, which is both cheaper and easier (and often more helpful) and work hard once you get there. If your grades are good in community college, you may be able to go to Michigan State or a better school than you can get into now.

A high school GPA of 2.0?

I'd recommend going to a community college and then transfer. Community college is basically designed for people in your situation. It's a second chance. If you do well in community college, it's like getting a brand new slate, universities might not even ask for your high school transcripts.

Pros:

1) It's cheap and you can live at home. Community colleges are half the price of 4-year state schools and 4-year state schools are a fraction of the cost of state schools. Even if you end up transferring to a private school, you will save a butt load of money from 2 years of not paying the obscene private school tuition.

2) Community college will be harder than high school. but is generally much less demanding then 4-year universities. If you never studied in high school, a 4-year university will likely be too much for you to handle at the moment. Community college can be a stepping stone. Use this to your advantage and strive for a high GPA. Also use this more relaxed environment to develop good study skills, you will need them!

3) You get a degree from the final school you graduate from. If you're worried that a community college will look bad on your resume, you don't need to even worry. Once you transfer to your new school, nobody even needs to know you transferred from a community college.

Cons: You won't get the college experience. Community colleges are generally commuter schools and campus life can be dead. This can be a positive though since you can use that time to get more involved in clubs or work a part-time job which will help your transfer application.

2) "Transfer Shock" When you do transfer, you might be overwhelmed by the demand the 4-year university requires. Classes will be harder, there will be more work and professors will be less helpful. Many community college transfer students do poorly their first semester because of the difference. Developing good study skills and becoming an independent learner can alleviate or circumvent this

3) Rigor of your classmates: If you want to transfer to a specific school, you need to set you standards compared to students that that school, not your community college classmates. Your CC classmates might not be as motivated or even as intellectually astute. Many don't plan on pursuing a 4-year degree and some are not even seeking a degree. Don't make the false assumption that as long as you keep up with classmates, you will be okay. You need to be one of the top performing students.


4-year to 4-year:

Any school you get into with that GPA will honestly not be worth your time or money. I'd even worry about accreditation.

If you cannot do vastly better than 2.0, better than 3.0, in idiotic high school courses, what makes you think you can earn better grades even in watered-down versions of freshman-year university courses?

Time for a reality check. Start looking at vocational training programs, but even for some of those, you have a problem.