Horrible start to college and low GPA, will I be able to transfer?

Applying to College
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Will I be able to transfer out of the community college I am currently attending? I have really bad grades from the first 4 semesters of college. Currently feeling completely hopeless.

I was not a great high school student either. During high school I developed anxiety and a manic depression disorder. I struggled to go to school and was eventually placed in special education. During that time I had a whole year of school work to catch up on and my grades took a toll. I graduated highchool as a special education student with the minimum requirements, not a GED. After graduating high school in 2012, I enrolled in community college.

2 weeks before my first semester of college, I was a victim of sexual assault. I tried to tough it out and continue my education because I did not want my anxiety/depression to get in the way of my education any longer. However, I fell into deep depression and anxiety, to the point where I stopped attending classes and received an F. Some professors dropped me on their own and I received a W. Below are my stats from my first semester of college until now. My current GPA is at a 2.3.

My question for anyone that has been in a similar situation or has any knowledge in this topic is if I can still transfer out to a decent university? Or have I completely blown my chances of transferring out to a decent university? My major is in Biology and I would like to attend University of Texas at Austin, or Texas A&M. Also, I have no extra curricular activities other than my job. My job was what made me decide that Biology is what I truly wanted to pursue as a career. I currently work at a laboratory as an admin… Any help or personal success stories are much appreciated!

Fall 2012:
Physical Anthropology - W
English 1301 - B
US History 1301 - W
Remedial Math - F

Spring 2013:
English 1302 - W
History 1301 - F
Remedial Algebra - F
Psychology - F

I decided to take Fall 2013 off to try to overcome what I was going through.

Spring 2014:
English 1302 - D
Remedial Math - C

After seeing that I continued to not do great, I took Fall 2014 off.

Spring 2015:
Biology 1406- D
Psychology (retook) - A

Fall 2015:
Biology 1406 (retook) - B
History 1301 (retook) - B
Humanities - B

Spring 2016:
History 1302 - B
Speech 1311 - A
College Algebra - B

I have 10 more classes to take before being able to graduate with an associates in science degree.

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First of all…deal with your anxiety and depression.
Then I would maybe set my sights a bit lower with that GPA…maybe look at some other colleges. Call up an admission counselor and talk to them…clearly you are doing better with your grades more recently.

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It looks like you’re doing much better now. Finish up at your CC with >2.0 and I’m sure there will be a four year school that will take you. It may not be UT but regional colleges frequently have some very good programs to help students.

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Thank you for your kind responses and advice. I am currently retaking all the classes I failed in that first year and I am hoping that will raise my GPA.