Here’s How 12 Celebrities Scored on the SAT

If you’re getting ready to take the SAT, you might be wondering how other people have fared on this storied test. You may be comparing your potential with scores from a sibling, friends, or other family members. Or, perhaps you’re wondering how some of the super successful celebrities did. 

In this post, we’ll take a look at celebrity SAT scores. Who knocked it out of the park and who stumbled? What was Obama’s or Trump’s SAT score? How about Mark Zuckerberg’s SAT score? Today we step into the world of celebrity gossip and dissect how some of the most well known people in our country performed on the SAT. You definitely won’t want to miss this post!

Where did these scores come from? How is the SAT scored?

First of all, let’s be upfront about celebrity gossip. We’re not one of those magazines you see in the checkout line, so we feel pretty confident in telling it like it is—these scores are mostly self-reported. We can’t actually be 100% certain that they’re accurate because we haven’t seen an official score report. Could someone lie about their SAT score? Of course they could. 

Where does this data come from, then? These scores are gathered mostly from interviews. While SATs aren’t exactly a common celebrity interview question, they do come up from time to time and are a unique topic for celebrities that have probably heard every question in the books again and again. Wherever possible, we’ve tried to locate the exact interview to confirm that this information came straight from the celebrities themselves, but the disclaimer holds true—we haven’t seen these score reports with our own eyes, so take that as you will. 

Before we dive in, let’s review the scoring scale on the SAT. The current SAT is scored on a scale from 400-1600. These composite scores are the result of section scores on a Math test and on an Evidence Based Reading and Writing Test. Each section receives a score between 200 and 800, with 800 being a perfect score. The composite score is simply calculated by adding together the section scores. Currently, average score for Math is 531, and the average score for EBRW is 536. This makes for an average composite score of around 1060 (scores are always reported as an integer multiple of 10).

How did your favorite celebrity do on the SAT?

While you might think that people in the public spotlight may be ashamed of their below average SAT scores, most celebrities are brimming with confidence—enough so that they aren’t afraid of sharing their scores, even if they didn’t do well. 

Likewise, while great SAT scores aren’t a requirement for a successful career on the big screen, or even in US politics, they certainly can’t hurt. So, which US celebrities did great on their SATs and which floundered? Check out the table below to find out. 

Remember that the SAT score range is 400-1600, and that the average is 1060.

What Were Obama’s SAT Scores? How About Trump’s SAT Scores?

In a highly divisive political climate, even the SAT scores of recent US presidents have come into arguments from both sides of the aisle. When Obama was in office, Trump loudly criticized his intelligence, questioning how he got into Harvard and demanding that his transcripts and test scores be released. 

When the tables turned, Trump had his lawyer, Michael Cohen, send letters to his own alma maters demanding that his records remain sealed. While this may seem unscrupulous, both Obama and Trump are within their rights to keep their transcripts and test scores to themselves. All student records are protected under the 1974 Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act, so no president (or any person, for that matter) is required to release them.