Mark Zuckerberg aced the SAT with a perfect 1600, then founded Facebook — proving he was always good at connecting.

Bill Gates, with a near-perfect 1590, turned his SAT score into the Microsoft empire.

Ke$ha hit a high note with 1500, but swapped books for beats to become a pop star.

Jesse Eisenberg, with a score of 1260, had enough brains to play Zuckerberg on-screen, but not quite to rival him in real life.

Courteney Cox scored 1150, and we’ll bet Monica would have insisted on studying harder.

Bill Clinton earned a modest 1030, but still managed to charm his way to the presidency (and a Rhodes Scholarship!).