What colleges accept low GPA’s

@JeepersCreepers ,

In MI, public universities aside from UMich and MSU would be possibilities, though some of them would be reaches because while your ACT score is more or less in line for EMU, NMU, CMU, GVSU, Saginaw, and a few others, the average GPAs are usually 3.1-3.4. Still, universities accept students of all sorts in order to fill the ranks.

At the private level, you’d be surprised at how many good small colleges are willing to consider applicants holistically. Albion, Alma, and Adrian (yes, all “A” schools!) might consider the right C student. In particular, I like Albion a lot, though it’s probably not mentioned much here. However, It sounds like your openness to community college and trade school make public options more of your target, as these universities will offer many more vocational majors than a small private college.

You’ll also need to know more about your parents’ finances. They may be willing to pay 15K, but depending on family income, the yearly costs might be more than that, perhaps much more (or perhaps not). There are plenty of threads on this site devoted to financial aid and EFC amounts (expected family contribution: how much a family is expected to pay, out of pocket, to attend a give school for one year, which is determined by financial aid forms).