<p>To answer OP’s original question – Val +2400 does not guaranty admissions to any Ivy, therefore, it is possible to get rejected from all. However, certainly top grades (which one needs for Val) is impressive. Someone with these stats could also get accepted to every Ivy depending on what the rest of the picture looks like.</p>
<p>While URM is certainly a consideration, let’s not forget that the majority of the class at each of these schools is not URM.</p>
<p>A question, however, which I find troubling is why a highly intelligent student would want to apply to all 8 Ivies. The schools, though all excellent they have very different feels and very different educational philosophies – Consider, for example, Brown and Cornell. Brown is urban, small and has a very open curriculum (few or no distribution or other requirements). Cornell is rural, somewhat larger and has a more distribution requirements to graduate. Neither is ‘better’ but they are very different. Without engaging in the debate of the merits of an Ivy education, IMO it is more important to go to an excellent non-Ivy, that is a fit than to go to an Ivy just because it is an Ivy.</p>