I graduated high school with a 1.4 gpa, but a 27 on the ACT. Can i get into

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college ANYWHERE? I really hated high school, had no friends and no motivation. I disregarded all of my homework. "Im at school all day? why bring it home?" ...thats what i thought. ive always scored within the 98th percentile on standardized tests since the 4th grade. My ACT score was a 27, i did absolutely no studying. Will any colleges (beside comm. colleges) accept me, possibly because of my ACT score? I could retake the ACT and study this time..maybe get my highest preACT predicted score of 32. Possibly any online colleges? I really want a B.S. in Electrical Eng.
Am i just screwed?
Well one of the reasons i did so bad is because i suffered severely (still do sometimes) from social anxiety disorder. I didnt talk at all in school, ever. this was extremely detrimental considering i wouldnt speak a word to my teachers. I just hated being judged, but it just got worse. Maybe i can try special admissions somewhere? I would hate community college... but i guess everybody does. Im still 18.
 
No, you really don't have a chance of getting into any 4-year college or university. No matter how smart you might be, a 1.4 tells them you're lazy, and that's definitely a failing GPA in college (you need to maintain a 2.0 or better to remain enrolled). But you can get into community college, and if you turn it around and do well there, you can transfer to a good school. You can't do an engineering degree online - it requires classes with labs. And if you're not willing to go to community college, you can't be very interested in college at all. Pretty much everyone you'll run into there had a higher GPA than you, trying or not.
 
When did you graduate? If it was recently, no one other than community colleges would consider you at this point, because while you may have the ability to do well, your recent behavior is the best indicator of what to expect of you, and with a 1.4, they just can't take the chance. If there are schools which would accept you, you wouldn't want to go there, and would be FAR better off starting out at a community college.

If you graduated more than 7 or 8 years ago, then you might be able to convince someone to accept you on a probationary basis based on your ACT score, based on the idea that your behavior at 18 was not predictive of how you could be expected to behave in your mid-twenties or beyond.
 
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