I have more advice, which is similar to the good advice above. You also need to learn to listen to people … not everything you need to learn in life is on the internet. Actually, you are on the internet, on this forum, and there are likely other good resources on “How to Turn Around My College Education”. You are not on academic probation, you don’t really seem to be on a plan … which is why you are so lost.
Drive up to Penn State Main and talk to an advisor, preferably in your department (Poli Sci?). You will also notice that students are actually going to class there, not laying on the lawn drunk in the snow or anything. People work.
And yes, some students can handle socializing and studying and get even a 4.0 in a hard major. It happens. Or they correct their path, buckle down, and graduate. Or … they go on academic probation, which is worse than where you are now.
Driving 30 minutes each way is something that most Americans do for work, it is not a hardship. Why did you schedule only only one class per day, and do you have to go in 5 days a week or less. While on campus, why don’t you do something fun, like go to the gym (usually nice facilities), go the library, have a meal at the cafeteria, ask some fellow students if they want to go out for coffee and study, whatever.
I think cognitive behavioral therapy or similar would be great for you. Retrain how you think in small steps that make a positive contribution to your future. For example, what is to stop you from getting up tomorrow morning, making breakfast, driving to school and attending that one class? Make sure it is not interesting … you know many professors are pretty bored teaching intro classes but really get motivated when they are closer to their personal interests. And, some of the boring professors might still have interesting work you could do for say research credit …
Throwing away 2 years of work is both stupid and impossible. Lots of people get Bs or Cs and you say yourself you have not put in the work. Put your report card on a copying machine and enlarge it really big. Annotate the classes you had bad grades in with why you got bad grades (didn’t show up, didn’t do homework). Annotate the classes you had good grades in with why you got good grades (Did great project, good relationship with professor, had a good TA or study group). If you remember put down hours per week you put into each class.
With this pattern clearly marked on this sheet, which you can frame, you can now see that grades are exactly related to effort. Now, you just put in the effort and out pops an A.
Penn State main campus will surely find a plan that would get you a transfer by fall, with summer classes, or at least by spring. This satellite campus is likely cheap, right, since you commute. They may also allow you to take classes at other locations even closer to home.