Nuts about NYU; do I stand a chance?

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>My absolute dream school is NYU-Stern (although I would settle for the general school). I am currently a high school Junior living outside of Boston.
Freshmen and Sophmore year I got mostly A's, with about 4 Bs (combined years) in all Honors courses.
Junior year, I have taken one AP (English Literature and Composition) and all Honors courses, with about half As and half Bs.
In PSAT's, I scored 99th nation percentile in Critical and Math and 97th in Writing.
On SATs, I got 800 in writing, 780 in math and 710 in Critical.
I have recently taken the SATIIs for math and am planning on taking the Chemistry I, Literature, and American History SATIIs by the end of the year.
I am president of Journalism Club and Editor-in-Chief of our school newspaper, as well as lead layout editor.
I also created and am president of Hope for Haiti, a soon to be inter-high school group that donates to victims of the earthquake through PIH.
I'm worried, however, that I may not have enough extra-curriculars and the fact that I have B+s, Bs, and B- on my report cards, although the classes are all high level.
Next year I plan on taking atleast 3 APs. </p>

<p>Would this be enough to get into NYU (with a grant of some sort, perhaps?) What should I do to solidify my chances?</p>

<p>My second choice schools are Brown University, BU, UW, and UCLA.</p>

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<p>Oh, I’m also of Russian decent and a first-generation immigrant.
I have recieved some minor awards, like Geography Award of Excellence from NE Economic Summit, Middle-Income Country Champion at NE Economic Summit, Ruth Berrien Fox Award of Excellence for poetry.
I’m hoping to self-publish a book over the summer.
Throughout middle school I was in Select Choir and Select (Pre-Varsity) Soccer teams.
I work daily as a teacher’s assistant and write columns for our town newspaper.
I also hope to run a Girl Scout program over the summer.</p>

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<p>What’s your GPA? (both unweighted and weighted) Your rank? Are you taking the most difficult schedule available to you?</p>

<p>Your ECs are fine for NYU and probably for the other schools as well. Don’t worry so much. Keep in mind that NYU gaps, though, so you may not get that much money from them. How much do you need?</p>