Actually, as I explained, in Minnesota, residency is tied to the student moving and working to support himself and not enrolling more than part time at community college for a year; after a year of work and part time CC, the student would be an in-state applicant, AND would be eligible (if excellent grades) for scholarships. With its combination of thriving economy, low-cost of living, and musical tradition, the Twin Cities seem like a perfect OOS situation for OP.
An easy solution is to take a couple classes à UCM:
First semester for someone interested in Music is:
Freshman Composition 1, Music 1000 Recital Attendance, Music 1100 Fundamentals of Music, Music 1610 Voice, a major vocal ensemble and 2 gen eds. OP could take Freshman composition and the music classes/experiential learning, plus just 1 gen ed.
Then, second semeser, Freshman Composition 2, 2 gen eds, plus Music 1111 Music Theory and Music 1121 Aural Training and recital attendance + vocal group participation.
After that, you should have “repaired” your previous GPA sufficiently that, if you wished to move to another state that has easy residency requirements, such as MN, and low in state tuition,* and do the part time college/work thing, you could do your year there, and transfer to the public flagship. You’d be 23 when you’d graduate: I can assure you that adults see ZERO difference between 23, 24, and 22…
- that means NOT California!