<p>My daughter was identical to yours…490 math, 690 verbals…She applied to one SAT optional school but believe it or not she got into 8 out of her 8 colleges w/that score. she despises math, we tried extra studying, tutor, to no avail. I finally said ENOUGH! Sure enough it did not seem to matter. Other pieces of her application mattered more than 1 math SAT score, thankfully. She did fine in math, As and Bs, but no calculus, not even pre-calc.</p>