<p>It’s fair to say that at schools of a high caliber have a smaller range of scores than you might find at other schools. At Harvard, none of the minorities I am acquainted with scored less than a 1900; all lower scores have come from athletic recruits.</p>
<p>Thebep, justadream92 presents one example of a sub-1900 student, but his other accomplishments far outweighed his SAT score. Remember, the process is holistic. Don’t zoom in on one particular aspect of an application and obsess over it.</p>
<p>And OP, there is no “minimum score,” simply a range of values within which your score may fall.</p>