My chances of getting into UPenn and Carnegie Mellon?

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<p>As I am only a sophomore in high school, I am very ambitious and quite curious about college. I am wondering, based on below, my chances of being accepted in UPenn and Carnegie Mellon. Here are my details...</p>

<p>Unweighted GPA so far through high school: 3.73; Weighted: 4.4</p>

<p>I only take honors and AP classes. </p>

<p>This year, I am taking APUSH (the only AP course offered to sophomores), advanced physics and math (which my school counts as AP classes) </p>

<p>However, next year (junior), I am taking:
AP Chemistry
AP Calculus BC
AP Statistics
AP USH 2
AP Language and Composition</p>

<p>I play varsity baseball,
member of Key Club,
part of Student Council,
Help other kids with anxiety,
hold charity auctions,
camp counselor,
well-known babysitter,
internship for Reader's Digest,
went to People to People in seventh grade</p>

<p>I have family that have attended UPenn</p>

<p>Teacher recommendations, not to give myself a gold star, will be strong and meaningful, as I have very good relationships with my teachers.</p>

<p>I live in north NJ and am a white male who attends a very diverse public high school which has led to scholarships offered to students. Graduating students from the past couple of years have attended all ivys, NorthWestern, U Chicago, Rice, Stanford, UC Berkeley, and several other very good schools. </p>

<p>If you have any recommendations, let me know.
Thank you for your input. It is greatly appreciated.</p>

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<p>Tips:
-Try to obtain leadership positions in the clubs you are in and try to focus your extracurricular activities in one area
-Community Service is key for all Ivy League applicants, so make sure you get plenty of hours, organize fundraisers or charity events for a very high likelihood you get accepted into UPenn
-For Carnegie Mellon test scores play a vital factor, make sure you prepare for the SAT, a 2100 at least is needed to be considered a qualified applicant<br>
-Continue to achieve high grades and constantly challenge yourself with challenging courses which I can see you are doing</p>

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<p>Thanks for your tips. Key Club and Student Council are my main EC’s. I love baseball, and have an opportunity to play in college, so I would like to stick with it. And yes, I have and will continue to immerse myself into charitable work. </p>

<p>As far as standardized tests are concerned, do ACT and AP test scores play a pivotal factor?</p>

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<p>ACT most likely would be beneficial for you to take as well, I personally believe the ACT is easier as I scored higher on it, but in my personal opinion a good SAT scores outweighs a good ACT score, but nonetheless you should take it</p>

<p>As for AP, for an Ivy League I am pretty sure you will not receive credit, I think they will take AP scores into consideration when doing class placement however. So in a sense AP test scores do not play a pivotal factor, but do have some importance</p>

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<p>gpa is too low for penn</p>

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<p>gpa might be too low for Penn, but that also depends on his class rank. If you are top 5 percent you’ll be fine.</p>