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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!

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 a general interview on how to prep for your college interview and what to expect. It gives you suggestions of what to bring, what questions to ask, and things to avoid. Any little bit of college interview advice is helpful!

Many people have heard about and used the College Board website to help with college prep. However, I thought I would share this one tidbit of a tool that is within College Board called "Compare Colleges." This is a tool that you plug in any three colleges and it will line their information up next to each other. This information includes; name, location, type (private/public), campus life (how many students, rural/suburban/city, size), admissions (selectivity, requirements, score ranges), and cost and aid. This was a great way to see the colleges I was interested in without having to pull the information from their separate websites.

This is a great site to test your knowlege when preparing for the test. It gives multiple practice questions on any subject. It even gives you suggetions on how to figure out the right answer.

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.

This website offers hundred of SAT and ACT practice questions for free. It is very useful to get adjusted to the types of questions and trickery that standardized tests often do. This also gives you basic formulas and vocabulary to study!