Cheating was rampant in my high school. And that was with teachers watching us in brick-and-mortar, old-fashioned classrooms. I can hardly imagine how much worse it would’ve been if we’d taken our exams online.

But that’s the reality that many high school students will now face due to the coronavirus. Schools across the country have shifted to virtual education, and most recently, it was announced that the Advanced Placement exams, which award college credit to students who pass them for advanced high school coursework, will shift to an online test-taking format. This move is undoubtedly well-intentioned, but it could result in cheating on an unprecedented scale.