<p>Of course it is “possible” to get into the Ivy Leagues with less than a 2000 and no hooks. I was accepted to Ivies, as well as Stanford and MIT, with a SAT below this range and without and being a hook (my SAT was split as 800 math/math II, with low verbal). One can also find a few more examples in the decision threads of this site. Navience, Cappex, and similar keep track of SAT vs acceptances and show lower numbers than 2000, particularly for the least selective ivies. For example, Cornell has quite a few admits at under 1700. However, “possible” is very different from saying it’s likely. It’s not likely unless you really excel in other parts of your app (or have a big hook), enough to make admissions overlook the test scores. </p>
<p>The graph at
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</a> shows chance of acceptance by SAT percentile at some selective schools. It shows that at Princeton and Harvard, there was a point were chance of acceptance was essentially 0, which was at ~88th percentile in this 2004 study by Christopher Avery of Harvard (A Revealed Preference Ranking of U.S. Colleges and Universities). The specific limits are likely higher today. It’s also interesting to note that chance of acceptance only continually increased with SAT score at MIT. Harvard essentially flatlined with an even chance of acceptance for 93-97th percentile. And Princeton had a greater chance of acceptance at 90-96th percentile than 97-98th percentile. The author concluded Princeton was trying to increase yield by favoring students who were less likely to be admitted to colleges that are typically chosen over Princeton, such as Harvard/Yale/Stanford. Princeton is far from the only school that has tried to manipulate yield like this.</p>