diff --git a/app/models/answer.rb b/app/models/answer.rb
index d9c68ac..a2a625f 100644
--- a/app/models/answer.rb
+++ b/app/models/answer.rb
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@
   #                'standards' is a list of <std_id>: <title> pairs
   #                'text' is the text from the comments box
   def answer_hash
-    default = {'standards' => {}, text => ''}
+    default = {'standards' => {}, 'text' => ''}
     begin
       h = self.text.nil? ? default : JSON.parse(self.text)
     rescue JSON::ParserError => e
@@ -115,8 +115,8 @@
   # nothing returned, but the status of the text field of the answer is changed
   def update_answer_hash(standards={},text="")
     h = {}
-    h[:standards] = standards
-    h[:text] = text
+    h['standards'] = standards
+    h['text'] = text
     self.text = h.to_json
   end
 end
diff --git a/app/views/answers/_new_edit.html.erb b/app/views/answers/_new_edit.html.erb
index 0e74706..303af23 100644
--- a/app/views/answers/_new_edit.html.erb
+++ b/app/views/answers/_new_edit.html.erb
@@ -10,27 +10,31 @@
 <% if q_format.rda_metadata? %>
   <% answer_hash = answer.answer_hash %>
   <div class="rda_metadata"><button class="remove-standard" style="display:hidden"></button>
-    <div class="selected_standards">Your Selected Standards:</br><ul class="list bullet"></ul></div>
+    <div class="selected_standards"><strong><%=_("Your Selected Standards:")%></strong></br><ul class="list bullet"></ul></div>
     <div class="rda_right" style="float:right;width:50%;margin-bottom:5px;">
       OR Search:</br>
       <input type="text" data-provide="typeahead" class="standards-typeahead"></input></br>
-      <button class="btn btn-primary select_standard_typeahead">Add Standard</button>
+      <button class="btn btn-primary select_standard_typeahead"><%=_("Add Standard")%></button>
     </div>
-    <div class="subject">Please select a subject</br><select name="subject"></select></div>
-    <div class="sub-subject">Please select a sub-subject</br><select name="sub-subject"></select></div>
+    <div class="subject"><%=_("Please select a subject")%></br>
+      <select name="subject" class="form-control"></select>
+    </div>
+    <div class="sub-subject"><%=_("Please select a sub-subject")%></br>
+      <select name="sub-subject" class="form-control"></select>
+    </div>
     </br>
     <div class="suggested-answer-div">
       <span class="suggested-answer-intro">
-          <%=_("Browse Standards") %>
+          <strong><%=_("Browse Standards") %></strong>
       </span>
 
       <div class="browse-standards-border">
         <p class="suggested-answer">
-          <%=_("Please wait, Standards are loading")%>
+          <strong><%=_("Please wait, Standards are loading")%></strong>
         </p>
       </div>
       <div>
-        <a href="#" class="custom-standard">Standard not listed?  Add your own.</a>
+        <a href="#" class="custom-standard"><strong>Standard not listed?  Add your own.</strong></a>
         <div class="add-custom-standard" style="display:none;">
           <input type="text" class="custom-standard-name"></input>
           <button class="btn btn-primary submit_custom_standard">Add Standard</button>
diff --git a/app/views/questions/_new_edit_question_option_based.html.erb b/app/views/questions/_new_edit_question_option_based.html.erb
index 0304b76..171bf4d 100644
--- a/app/views/questions/_new_edit_question_option_based.html.erb
+++ b/app/views/questions/_new_edit_question_option_based.html.erb
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@
 <% end %>
 <div class="form-group">
 <% if question.option_comment_display %><!-- Comment text area for option_based questions -->
-    <% text = question.question_format.rda_metadata? ? answer.answer_hash[:text] : answer.text %>
+    <% text = question.question_format.rda_metadata? ? answer.answer_hash['text'] : answer.text %>
     <%= label_tag('answer[text]', _('Additional Information'), class: 'control-label') %>
     <%= text_area_tag('answer[text]', text, id: "answer-text-#{question.id}", class: "form-control tinymce_answer") %>
 <% end %>
diff --git a/lib/assets/javascripts/views/answers/rda_metadata.js b/lib/assets/javascripts/views/answers/rda_metadata.js
index 0dfedaf..f0f6a71 100644
--- a/lib/assets/javascripts/views/answers/rda_metadata.js
+++ b/lib/assets/javascripts/views/answers/rda_metadata.js
@@ -127,7 +127,6 @@
       // form listing of standards
       const formStandards = $(this).next('form').find('#standards');
       // need to pull in the value from frm_stds
-      console.log(formStandards.val());
       const standardsArray = JSON.parse(formStandards.val());
       // init the data value
       formStandards.data('standard', standardsArray);
diff --git a/lib/assets/stylesheets/overrides.scss b/lib/assets/stylesheets/overrides.scss
index cce87cb..2d254f5 100644
--- a/lib/assets/stylesheets/overrides.scss
+++ b/lib/assets/stylesheets/overrides.scss
@@ -164,19 +164,19 @@
   margin-right: 25px;
 }
 
-/* Overrides ul list */ 
+/* Overrides ul list */
 #modal-permissions ul {
   list-style-type: none;
 }
 
-/* Overrides list-group */ 
+/* Overrides list-group */
 #modal-permissions .list-group li:nth-child(1){
   border-top: 0 none;
 }
 
-/* Overrides list-group-item */ 
+/* Overrides list-group-item */
 #modal-permissions .list-group-item {
-  height: 30px; 
+  height: 30px;
   padding: 5px 15px;
 }
 
@@ -383,7 +383,7 @@
 
 .tooltip-inner {
   min-width: 320px;
-  max-width: 100%; 
+  max-width: 100%;
   text-align: left;
 }
 
@@ -493,3 +493,20 @@
 .input-group-addon {
   border-radius: 0px;
 }
+
+/* rda styling */
+.browse-standards-border {
+  border: 1px solid $grey;
+  -webkit-border-radius: 0px;
+     -moz-border-radius: 0px;
+          border-radius: 0px;
+  padding: 10px 10px 5px 10px;
+  margin-bottom:10px;
+  overflow-y: scroll;
+  max-height: 300px;
+  width: 100%;
+}
+
+.rda_metadata .form-control {
+  width: auto;
+}