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You started this thread asking for feedback. That’s precisely what I gave you; if you can’t handle it and take it as an insult, then that’s your prerogative, and so be it. My opinion is that someone who can’t pull a math SAT score in the upper 700s isn’t going to have a fun time in the Swarthmore physics department, and will struggle to stay afloat. I’m about the only person on this forum who is going to tell you that, of course, but I’m also the only person on this forum who doesn’t go around sugar-coating his posts. If you really don’t believe the SAT math section is a legitimate assessment of your mathematical aptitude and if you really believe the lines people are throwing around here like “the SAT I math/critical reading sections measure 2 things: test-taking ability and memorization” or “the SAT just measures your ability to do simple calculations over and over again as quickly as possible without making careless mistakes,” then you could try an alternative like the AHSME and see how you do there, but it’s also funny that people so quickly dismiss the metrics colleges have used for decades for admission as being illegitimate indicators of aptitude. Because, like it or not, there is a correlation between a person’s SAT math score and the likelihood he will be successful majoring in (astro)physics at a competitive undergraduate institution.</p>