As many of you may know, beginning in 2025, the state of Illinois will require each student to take the ACT in order to graduate. When this was issued, various controversies arose-everybody was guessing why the state decided to change this now. How has the Class of 2026 fallen victims of this change? To put it into better words, Junior Boston Desmond said, “It’s absurd that we spend time preparing for the SAT just to switch at the last minute because the government doesn’t want to pay more money.” Prior to the change, the SAT was free for all students at public high schools in the state of Illinois. Now, we cannot say the same.