The issue of standardized testing is that universities can make it optional, but they can’t get rid of it or the system perpetuating its flaws. We need a fundamental change so all students receive a solid foundational education that starts as early as elementary school.

While Boston thrives off its student population, the city cannot forget about the extreme gentrification and income gap hurting its local citizens. Students are valuable contributors to the city, but our being here also harms those around us.