H.  Drawing on your intellect

1. Chapter 2, Exercise 2.1, Analyzing Ads, Thinker’s Guide to College Success
http://college.hmco.com/collegesurvival/chaffee/thinkers_guide/2e/students/ch02.html#ch02
This web page helps you practice analytic thinking, a common writing task, by looking at everyday advertising and thinking about symbolic music, language, and music. It also provides tricks of the trade for how to ace true/false tests.

2. Chapter 8, ACE exercise, Becoming A Master Student
http://college.hmco.com/cgi-bin/SaCGI.cgi/ace1app.cgi?FNC=AcePresent__Apresent_html___
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Creative and critical thinking are two types of thinking encouraged in colleges and universities. Learn more about how creative and critical thinkers work from this exercise.

3. Chapter 3, Memory Jungle exercise, Becoming A Master Student
http://college.hmco.com/collegesurvival/ellis/master_student/9e/students/memory2.html
This web site provides visualization for how to make your short-term memories, including lessons learned in your courses, easy to retrieve.

4. Chapter 5, Practicing Critical Thinking (#8) exercise, Becoming a Master Student
http://college.hmco.com/collegesurvival/ellis/master_student/9e/students/downloads/think8.pdf

5. Chapter 7, Practicing Critical Thinking exercise (#11), Becoming A Master Student
http://college.hmco.com/collegesurvival/ellis/master_student/9e/students/thinking11.html
This web site shows how different types of thinkers—visual or verbal—would create different types of summaries. Knowing something about your learning style helps you know how to retain information successfully.

6. Volunteer Match
http://www.volunteermatch.org/virtual/
You can gain confidence and work experience by volunteering.  This web site provides easy searching for virtual, as well as in person volunteering, by zip code or area of interest.