<p>Gap year. Give yourself 1 year to launch your rap career. If it doesn’t take off, start Harvard and do the rap gig part time. Another alternative is to apply this year to NYU/Tisch or other more artsy, urban schools or majors. At NYU, I think that there are no classes on Fridays so that you can “work” or intern in NYC; maybe you could intern at a record or recording studio.</p>