Don't think in terms of "turning things around", just try to do the best you can. If you got a 1.5 GPA first year, accept that you got a 1.5 GPA first year and you probably won't be able to jump to a 4.0 GPA second year. But, that does not mean you can't improve a bit, try to get a higher GPA. You're parents won't be happy if you improve "only" a bit, but you should be - they simply don't that excellence is an activity and not a thing.
One bad thing about the "turning it around" mentality is that it will make you regret your past, it will make you regret you life, you may even start to blame yourself. I have much felt better ever since I stopped trying to "turn myself around", as if there was something seriously wrong with me. I will do my best, and f**k the rest. (Incidentally, I was a good student in first year, and still am, but due to the "turn it around" thinking in other areas of my life, I was miserable, not so anymore).
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