Have I killed my chances on getting into a good art school?

Applying to College
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<p>I had been in advanced placement courses since the 7th grade- and I got pretty good grades- nothing lower than a B+. </p>

<p>Halfway through my 11th grade year, I decided to go abroad for a year to New Zealand. I arrived 3 weeks late to my NZ school so there was no spaces left in any classes. I ended up being placed in classes like Advanced Calculus III and Advanced Physics III when i had only half a year of AP pre-calculus and Honors Chemistry in my US high school. I'm not going to sugarcoat anything- I failed. I failed badly. For a teenage girl who isn't used to getting anything lower than a B it was hard. </p>

<p>Now, I'm trying extra hard to make up for those awful mistakes that happened on my year abroad to NZ. I ended up graduating over there and now I am in my first year of community college trying to kind of improve things. I'm hoping to get into Parsons and/or Fit and/or SCAD for photography. I have a great resume (except for the fact that I have only taken one digital photography class in my life….i gave up digital photography II, being an editor on my yearbook staff for the second year, being a newspaper photographer etc to go abroad to NZ) and my portfolio is actually pretty fantastic (sorry for sounding like a snob but it is actually good!) </p>

<p>My question is, have i completely screwed myself over with failing classes in New Zealand? and only having the opportunity to take one photography class? (I have joined a bunch of photography clubs outside of school and I've taken many art classes.) </p>

<p>And will I be able to redeem myself (somewhat) if i get great grades in my freshmen year of community college (before I apply to other colleges), and have a great-near-perfect portfolio and have a great resume? </p>

<p>Be brutally honest, don't hold back: thank you!</p>

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<p>I believe that your performance in things like calculus matter far less than the portfolio for art schools. You might make note of this in your application, but my intuition is that it won’t matter too much if you can prove your art skills.</p>

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<p>Art schools aren’t gonna hold you back b/c of calculus. You’ll find many of your classmates with marginal HS math grades. Really.</p>

<p>Art schools want talent and the ability to pay. Your academics are of little interest to them. I’m sorry to be frank but there it is.</p>

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<p>Thank you nmf and t26! This is such a relief! And thanks for being brutally honest and not sugarcoating anything :)</p>

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<p>This</p>

<p>Art schools have low academic standards. Just profolio + lot of $$$.</p>

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<p>Yes, your ability to derive an equation has little impact on your brush strokes for painting.</p>