800 points on one section will get you into MIT, as that's a perfect score. 1000 on combined seems very unlikely to get you into SAT; the 25th percentile is 1500.

https://www.prepscholar.com/sat/s/colleges/MIT-SAT-scores-GP...

I was replying to a comment indicating that URMs can get in with extremely low scores. My point is that they can get in with somewhat lower scores. But they still have to clear a much higher threshold than 800 combined.

Massachusetts Institute of Technology/Typical SAT scores

Reading and Writing 730-780, Math 780-800

Why does it have such a weird score range?

You get negative points for answering incorrectly, to disincentivize blind guessing.

The SAT no longer penalizes guessing (i.e. incorrect answers).[0]

[0] - https://satsuite.collegeboard.org/sat/whats-on-the-test/stru...

Interesting, thank you

I believe it doesn't disincentivize blind guessing. It just counteracts it. If you can eliminate one answer you should guess. Even if you can't eliminate an answer you break even.

That wouldn’t be blind.