What are my chances? (Class of 2021)

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Hi everyone!
I’m Marta, I’m Spanish and I’m applying for fall 2017. I’d like to major in International Relations at CAS. These are my stats:

New SAT: 1210 (taking it again in october)
GPA (unweighted): 3.7
TOEFL ibt: 98

My first languages are Spanish and Catalan. I’m taking the highest English course next year (CPE) and the intermediate course of French (b1). I’ve taken part in 3 exchanges (2 in Sweden and 1 in the US) and I’ve volunteered for 3 years at a local nursing home.
I’ve played soccer for 11 years and I currently play for the regional team. I’ve played in the best divisions and last year I won the regional championship.
My high school doesn’t offer any IB nor AP courses, so I wonder if that would weaken my application. I’ve managed to improve my English by taking private lessons at an academy and by practicing it at home (reading english books and watching american shows have helped me a lot). I’ve also managed to find out the way to studying in an american college on my own, as I don’t have any counselor or advisor in my school that can help me. I can have really great recommendations from my teachers, which I think will strengthen my application.
My dream is to study in NYU, it’s my dream school and I want to spend my 4 years of college there. What are my chances?

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I think if you improve your SAT by about 150-200 points you’ll have a great shot assuming you took challenging courses as offered by your school and that you have good recs and essays.
Not having AP or IB offered in your school does not matter, as schools only care about the rigor of your courseload scaled to what is offered in your school.