<p>I'm currently a junior in high school and really want to go to a college in NYC, SC , FL, Chicago, Philly (I really want to go to a big city) I'm an artsy person and have thought about Art Institute of nyc, art academy of nyc, parsons new school and so on. I really want to go to nyc, and after visiting NYC several times its been my college goal my entire high school carrier. I live on a small island off North Carolina and I want to get away. I'm really into photography, its my passion. I've taken pictures my whole life. I have a family of artists so artsy stuff comes naturally to me! My dad got me really into it in 7th grade by buying me a nice camera each year, sending me on trips with pro photographers and making my own website just for fun in 8th grade and I've gotten pretty good. I've had pieces in art shows too. I'm currently starting my third photo series with projectors this spring and have completed 2 other portfolios.</p>
<p>For grade wise, my grades are not great, but not bad. I have a weighted 3.5 gpa, but will go up since I am currently in 2 AP classes, and next year i'm in 3 more. AP classes here are college classes that add 2 points to your gpa. So if I got a 3.0 in aplang it ends up being a 5.0, and a C in the class ends up as an A at the end of the year and so on. As for extra curricular, I really only do art stuff and a couple sports and clubs and volunteer work. I s there any chance that I would be able to get into a good art college on the east coast, preferably in a big city? Money isn't a big issue for me, but I personally don't want to attend a college over 30K a year. I don't want my parents to spend a lot of money on me, since I have other siblings who deserve money for college more than I do. </p>
<p>Thank you for all of your help!</p>