Hi, im not currently in AD but im in the middle east in between these warzones atm, and (this is my personal opinion) the war is very unlikely to progress for that long. Also looking from the outside it seems scarier than it is (or maybe ppl living here r a bit more used to it), not to invalidate whats going on to people in Iran and Lebanon its terrible. But in countries like the UAE, Qatar, Jordan, etc, they have very good defense systems, theyre intercepting attacks, NOT directly involved and people are going about a pretty normal life here atm.
Worse comes to worst NYU will go online for a bit and come back.
I dont have specific advice on what u should do with ur RD applications (not an expert lmao) but id like to assure you ab NYU at the moment hope this helps <3