College Choices?

Hello,

Last year I went on a roller coaster ride. And did completely terrible my first and second semester. Long story short, I had a below 2.0 GPA during that summer went to take two classes and got a A and a B which led to a 2.05 GPA. I didn’t decide to go back to school because I was afraid to mess up and also my father doesn’t want me to go back to that state school. It has been a year now and I worked very hard to pay off the school bill and now I have my transcript. I want to use my 2.0 GPA to transfer to any school around Connecticut that are somewhat decent. I went to Western Connecticut State University. And I wanted to transfer to UMASS Amherst but they want a 2.5 GPA. Their minimum is 2.0 and I afraid of what to do. I need help and I want to know what are my chances for that school or any other school that are somewhat decent. Thank you so much for reading this. Please help if possible.