Recent Graduate Michael Hickham Garners Top SAT Score

Posted July 23, 2026 / Last updated July 23, 2026

Michael Hickham ’26 achieved an exceptional score of 1570 on the SAT®, placing him among the nation’s highest-scoring college-bound students. An alumnus of St. George’s Episcopal School, Hickham is the son of Michael and Patricia Hickham.

According to the official ACT®/SAT® concordance tables developed jointly by ACT and the College Board, Hickham’s score is equivalent to a perfect composite score of 36 on the ACT®. The tables compare scores earned by students who completed both college-entrance examinations and identify SAT and ACT scores with equivalent percentile rankings. Developed using data from nearly 590,000 students, the current tables serve as the official reference for comparing results from the two tests.

In addition to his academic accomplishments, Hickham was an active member of the MCJROTC program. He also participated in a Courts for Kids service trip to Panama, where he helped build a court for a local community.

This fall, Hickham will attend the College of the Holy Cross, where he plans to study economics.