<p>I agree with the last comments and I don’t think at this point the OP should go crazy desperate to ‘do better’ or even worry about ‘selling myself short’ when he has fine picks that will make him happy. I just don’t know that he has really done his homework about these schools it doesn’t sound like it. NYU maybe the most but it has the good the bad and the ugly too and then there is the unknown of cost. So I think continuing to look around is in the best interest, keep open minded, learn as much as you can, and don’t get too vested that you must go to a school that you might not get in.</p>