Don’t kid yourself.
Chicago might make the SAT “optional” - but if you’re white, you had better take it.
It’s a huge problem for elite schools - how to admit the best whites while achieving the correct ratios.
If Chicago admitted 5 whites without SAT scores, I’d be surprised.
This goes without saying. Unless of course you happen to be a white, transgendered, lesbian, feminist, non-sis, goose stepping, purple haired Marxist. Then they immediately admit you as a teaching assistant with a full SJW scholarship.