Just because you might not get into your dream schools doesn’t mean you have to give up on college altogether. Are you crazy? Plenty of people don’t go to their number one school. In fact, the majority of students don’t attend prestigious schools and there’s nothing wrong with that. A 3.4 will get you into plenty of colleges. I’ll be blunt–you need to get over yourself and not wallow in self-pity and think “poor me, I’m not going to get into NYU.” You apply, and if you don’t get in, then you attend somewhere else. You don’t think you have 0 chance at a couple of schools and think your chances for college are ruined.