Tuesday, July 24, 2007

Career Guidance Tests Determine Your College Major



In high school, everyone is taught the same lessons in the same subjects. This is General Information. However, when a senior steps out of the high school establishment and into college, he has to have a major.

Major is the course of learning a college student concentrates on. Clearly, there are tons of majors to choose from. A human being has so many interests and so many dreams and aspirations that it is difficult to choose which major is the appropriate one.

There are college students who have already decided what they will be taking the very minute they apply to universities or colleges. They already have this image in their head that they will be businessmen, lawyers, doctors. Thus they sign up for pre-management, pre-law and pre-medicine courses. But there are those who are still at a loss.

Some high schools provide career guidance programs which assist the students toward the right path. Assessment quizzes like this result to the main interest of the students that can assist him in deciding which major is perfect for him.

In the college degree tests, the taker (student) is presented with questions about his ideal work environment, personality (the one that most people see and the side that only you know), work habits, enjoyment, interests and aspirations. The answers to these questions pretty much serve as the canvas on the major the taker is most suitable for.

There are also online exams that can help the student figure out which major is right for him. All he has to do is google it and search engine will show various results. Most of the time, these are accurate because it is the student’s fingers doing all the clicking.

The main difference about college and high school is that you can at least control which classes to take. Your major determines the classes included in your curriculum. Let’s say that you love books so you opted to be a Literature major. You can’t wait to attend those classes discussing literary greats like William Shakespeare and Thomas Hardy. Unlike high school, there is no need to browse during periods because you will never find the subject matter boring.

Try figuring out your major. From there, you can work on deciding which college or university to attend. Choose one that is good in that major. Ask people about it. Like Harvard is really good in Government subjects. If you are pursuing a law degree and you feel you have a good shot getting accepted anyway, get an application form.

Don't be afraid to take risks. It’s the only way you will really know for sure what is out there.

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