Does higher SAT score = higher chance of admission at Ivies?

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<p>Having higher SAT scores does not always increase your chances.See: [A</a> Great Year for Ivy League Schools, but Not So Good for Applicants to Them - New York Times](<a href=“A Great Year for Ivy League Schools, but Not So Good for Applicants to Them - The New York Times”>A Great Year for Ivy League Schools, but Not So Good for Applicants to Them - The New York Times)</p>

<p>“Harvard turned down 1,100 student applicants with perfect 800 scores on the SAT math exam. Yale rejected several applicants with perfect 2400 scores on the three-part SAT, and Princeton turned away thousands of high school applicants with 4.0 grade point averages. Needless to say, high school valedictorians were a dime a dozen.”</p>

<p>. . . And that was 5 years ago, in 2007!</p>