My advice as the parent of a senior son who felt like you:
Breathe. It is ok. There is a school for you.
Upward trajectory is super positive. My S23 did ok freshman year, tanked a bit sophomore year (b/c covid), did well junior year and is totally excelling in senior year. After he sent in his college applications, we added his mid semester senior GPA report to all schools showing his terrific senior year work. He applied to schools that were appropriate for his GPA and has gotten acceptances and even merit money. There are literally hundreds and hundreds of schools in the US that will be happy to have you. S23 found a school that is right for him and is thrilled with his choice.
Head over the the 3.0-3.5 forums. You will be happily surprised that even kids who don’t have a 4.0 GPA, a 1550 SAT and cure cancer in their spare time actually get accepted to nice colleges, are happy, and do well in life. Check out the website collegesimply . com. You can enter a GPA and it will spit out colleges for you to explore. I just went there and put in a 3.3 (assuming your GPA will go up and compensating for an explainable freshman year) it shows 747 results to explore for students in that range. Thousands of students are in colleges that you’ve never heard of and are doing great things. Keep moving forward. Settle on a firm yearly budget with your parents. Is it 20K, 40K, 60K? If graduate school is in your future, is there a budget for that? Once the money is settled, start looking for an affordable school where you have a great chance of acceptance and would be happy. Really look for that “fit” of GPA, money and your personal happiness. Maybe you will stay in your first school for 4 years, or maybe you’ll get straight A’s freshman year and decide to transfer “up”. It will be ok!
Good luck to you!