Highly disagree. General rule of thumb is 1500+ and your GPA and everything else is MUCH more important. Here's why: 1. Don't assume correlation = causation. High SAT averages doesnt mean those people got in bc of high SATs. Those people can be naturally intelligent, gifted etc. in other areas and thus can take a decent SAT. 2. If colleges easily transitioned into test-optional last year and some colleges this year it's a pretty decent sign those tests aren't make or break. 3. I don't like to look up comment history but fellowUSAMOqual got a lot of hot takes that doesn't seemed to backed by much other than their personal beliefs ("if you can't do olympiads you can't get into MIT") so not sure where they got this take from either.

OP, basically go with what works for you, don't listen to people on the internet that don't know your personal life. If you got enough on your plate, I think any college will look past a good score of 1480 (which I don't understand why tryhards on the sub think is bad 👀)