How Georgia high school seniors scored with SAT.The bad news: The seniors who graduated from Georgia’s high schools last spring had a 7-point drop on the SAT compared with their peers in the class of 2022.The good news: Georgia’s average score was 1045, which was 42 points higher than the national average.The practical news: More than 2,000 colleges and universities, including most of Georgia's, no longer require applicants to submit an SAT or ACT score.The University System of Georgia halted the test requirement in 2020 because of the challenges in administering the exams during the pandemic.However, Georgia Tech, the University of Georgia and Georgia College & State University still consider scores for admission