An enrollment official with the University of North Georgia said the University System of Georgia's decision to drop the need for new college students to submit an ACT or SAT score to enroll at most colleges in the state should alleviate a testing backlog.
Brett Morris, vice president of enrollment management at UNG, said UNG is one of many schools across the state that will not require ACT or SAT scores from students applying for the fall semester. However, the change does not apply to all new or prospective students at UNG. Morris said those with a high school GPA lower than 3.0 will not be impacted by the change, and will still need to submit an ACT or SAT score.
This is not the first time USG has waived ACT and SAT scores for new college applicants. Morris said they did not require testing in the fall of 2021.
"They brought it back, and what we found was some of the students weren't ready to take it or delayed taking it, and that's created a little bit of a backlog," Morris said. "This change allows us to break that log jam of students who maybe were delayed in testing or weren't able to find a testing location late in the year."
Morris said even without ACT or SAT scores on college applications, UNG is confident that they will still be able to determine whether a student will be successful.
"I don't feel like we're sacrificing quality or putting the students at risk by going to this new model," Morris said.
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