Students at the University of Chicago Have the Highest SAT Scores 

FILE - Pedestrians pass near the University of Chicago Monday, April 27, 2020, in Chicago.

According to a new roundup from Sarah Wood in the US News & World Report, University of Chicago students have an average score of 1,545, just shy of the maximum 1,600.

While SATs are still a rite of passage for many American high schoolers, colleges are increasingly making the tests optional in their admissions process. (November 2023)