Cheap, easy graded credits for increasing GPA.

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Not to rain on your parade, but if your current GPA is 1.4, it's going to take a *lot* of credits to raise it to a 2.5.

Many schools now have an "academic amnesty" program where, if you can demonstrate a current GPA that is higher (often 3.0 or greater), they will erase your prior bad grades. You might inquire at your original institution and see if they have such a program. That would be *much* easier than trying to raise your GPA by taking a bunch more courses.

The other thing to consider is reaching out to the admissions or registrar's office of the school you are considering, explaining the situation, and seeing if they have an exception process. At some schools, if current grades are strong, and it is older credits at the beginning of a college career that are pulling down the GPA, they will give you probationary admission provided you maintain a GPA of 3.0.