Chances for NYU, help!

<p>I'm a high school senior as of right now, coming from a prestigious art school in south Florida where my GPA unweighted is somewhere around a 3.4, not sure what the weighted is but it's a little lower than the statistics show. My SAT scores are in the 1800 range and I haven't taken the ACT's but I'm going to next month. Also retaking the SAT's for a higher score, hoping to break 2000. I've taken 6 AP's to date.
I'm applying for NYU College of Arts and Sciences for Journalism. I'm a very strong essay writer, and I have over 400 hours of community service, mostly fundraising for cancer research related and helping children in poverty learn the arts, if that makes any difference. </p>

<p>I'm applying early decision because NYU has been my dream for years, I know I messed up a little bit in freshman/sophomore year because I had issues at home.</p>

<p>Do I have any chance at all, or should I not waste the money?</p>