The last four years of my life have lead to this one moment, walking across the stage at graduation and receiving my diploma. However before this can happen there is college applications and the dreaded standardized testing. In my opinion standardized testing is made for only one reason; it is also the most pointless test students will ever take. Standardized test like the ACT are around for one reason and only on reason. They are meant so the someone can tell you if you are good enough to pressure a higher level of education. There is a major chain reaction that gets on to this point. First, one pays to take an eight hour long test, on a Saturday morning, to sit in an uncomfortable chair somewhere in a dark room and rack their brain with