BU or NYU? (very undecided but not engineering nor lab science)

Have you run the NPC on both? Neither is especially good for financial aid, so you shouldn’t invest too much “interest” and “likes” in them.
A student who wants an urban university and would consider these universities reachable in terms of stats, is likely to qualify for a scholarship at UMN Twin Cities, Macalester (meets need), DePaul, Loyola Chicago, Loyola LA, Loyola New Orleans, Tulane, UPitt, Temple, American, USC-Columbia…