Can you pay the full cost to attend BU? The school does not meet full need for all accepted students. Neither does NYU.
I’m not clear what you want from these colleges other than living in an expensive urban area. Please clarify why these schools are on your potential list.
Do I personally think you will get accepted at NYU and BU…probably. But their admissions get more and more competitive every year…so no way to even guess what will be a year from now.
And they both hover at $70,000 a year…or so. Can your family pay that?