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In preparation for the ACT, I have been studying with Spark Notes. Not only does the website gives you tips on how to take the test, but it gives you some practice questions too. My goal is to strengthen my score on the English component of the ACT, and so I have been focusing on the English practice problems. They also have a free practice test as well, which was nice because all of the other study guides for ACT/SAT are not free. Hopefully studying with this tool will increase my standardized testing score.

This website gives 6 steps you can go through to master difficult acting scenes. The six tips they provide are helpful hints about how to get around common difficulties when acting harder emotions, such as anger or sadness.

Here's another short video, apart of a mini series about acting, by professional theater director Dr. Charles Grimes that touches on how to tap into your real emotions on stage, and in acting auditions. Helpful for anyone dealing with hard emotions to portray onstage.

I used this site and it's online study tool that I paid for to study for my ACT that I took last weekend. I would recommend this study tool for anyone- it includes two practice tests and allows you to review your scores and see what you did wrong with the explanation provided. Hopefully this study tool pays off through my score on my ACT.

This website gives a list of SAT/ACT optional schools. Would be useful for anyone interested in applying to college but has not taken the ACT or SAT.

This article was published by the Lee Strasburg Theatre and Film Institute to describe the goals of their acting abilities. It is a good article to further describe Method Acting, and is a good prelude to Stanislavski's An Actor Prepares.

Written by Bruce Miller, the director of acting programs at the University of Miami, this article talks about the skill of listening and reacting on-stage during scenes. Miller starts out by talking about his experience with his freshman acting classes, then goes on to talk about the skills of how to listen and react to the actions and dialogue on-stage and in the moment.

This is a short video by professional theater director Dr. Charles Grimes about finding your character while rehearsing monologues by using a outside to inside method. Helpful if you're having a hard time understanding the personality of your character for an audition.

This book describes methods of acting through a fictional story line that follows a young actor named Kostya and his relationship with the Director Tortsov.

This source was a treasure to find. Flipping from college website to college website in attempt to figure out all their individual requirements was a nightmare. Frustrated, I searched "college requirements" and found this gem of a website! Prep Matters is very simply a list of colleges and their testing and deadline requirements. It is organized in alphabetical order and lists the college or universities SAT scale, optional test and super scoring policies, ACT requirements, subject test requirements, whether or not the college is on Common App, and all early action/decision and regular admission deadlines. I think my favorite part of this website, however, is the ability to 'click' the college you are interested in, and it takes you directly to the college's homepage. The only downfall of this source is it does not have all colleges!

12/4/13 I found this article on how to make an actor become a three-dimensional character. The Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts Dee Cannon shares the ten questions that actors need to investigate about their character to make them a fully-idealised person instead of just a character's dialogue with a visual of them. The ten questions and Cannon's advice on how to answer the questions through your character's point of view helped me to understand how professional actor's are able to become the character. A couple of the questions reminded me of what I talked about with Jen Allred about how to act my break-up scene in "A Christmas Carol" well. It also gave me other suggestions that I will use the next character I act.

A contrast to the Stanislavski method of acting (the Method), the Meisner Method relies on the communication of two acting partners. This website clearly explains and contrasts the Meisner Method.

These tips on monologue memorizing are very useful for any type of acting presentation, and could potentially also be useful for classroom presentations.

Studying for the ACT test can be stressful but with this website it makes it a lot easier. This gives hints when you get the answer wrong, and it has many practice questions in any subject.

Discover 70 live species, over 100 interactive experiences, and seasonal changing exhibits and events --- all exploring the Ecology, Culture, History, and Opportunity for stewardship of the Lake Champlain Basin. ECHO Lake Aquarium and Science Center in Burlington VT is a place where I have had the pleasure to go for school trips as a younger kid. I also had the opportunity to go on October 23, 2014. Being part of the Pathways Program I get lots of opportunities to meet and learn from experts on my topics. Today I got to meet Steve Smith, an aquarium keeper at the Echo. Shadowing him and his interns helped me understand the deeper care and maintenance of keeping an aquariums. I learned that when feeding your fish watch the way they act when its feeding time. If they stay at the top waiting for food you should slowly give more until they act uninterested. I also learned that the graits in the filters need to be cleaned one or more a week. Only rinse with water because the there is a certain bacteria that the fish need. I also have to look at ammonia in the water. If there is too much I need to drain 2/3s of the water and add new water to the tank. I found it very helpful to hear this information and I look forward to going again soon.

This is a video about the terror threat that took place during the 2014 Olympics. It's shows how unstable the government is over there and how the Russian government tries to cover up bombings and other acts of terror.

I wonder where this Islamist group is now with the Ukrainian crisis.

This website explains all about what savant syndrome is and how one would act if they had this.

This site allows you to look at reviews of colleges written by alumnis or attending students. This gives you a different perspective of that college. It also allows you to know things that college tours simply don't tell you. They also have scholarship opportunities that you can apply for. On top of that, you can see rankings of schools and research further into each school you are interested in. I have found this website very helpful in my college search, and I have even applied to a few scholarships on this site.

College Prowler is a site that rates colleges and universities so that people who are going through the college process can navigate towards a better school. If you can't decide between two schools and you don't have the time to visit again, you can use this site to help make your decision!

College Prowler is the website to use! Its a quick, easy, and free sign up process to gain access to all the website has to offer. Once you have an account, you can search any college you want and it will bring you to an information page. The college pages consist of student reviews, which in my opinion, are the most reliable source! You can look through individual tabs such as summary, about the school, about the students, about the campus and about the location. Under each of these tabs are an abundance of information and reviews that help you fully understand the college. The best tool on College Prowler is the Applicant Status. With this tool you can plug in your GPA and SAT/ACT scores, and it will place you among statistics showing people admitted, denied, wait listed, and attending. It is a great way to see where you stand in terms of college admittance!