THREE STEPS TO ACADEMIC SUCCESS

STEP ONE: Find out if your major “fits” you

Personality/Occupation Compatability

Determine whether “English” is really your passion, or whether you are suited to a different major by exploring thse great personality sites:

MyMajors.com

Take the short My Majors quiz and receive five college majors matching your interests and academic experience. This site will give you information about these college majors, the types of courses needed to get a degree and what jobs are potentially available.

True Colors

True Colors is a personality-based self-assessment tool that is fun and easy to use, yet extremely insightful. The assessment is based on your selection of keywords that are descriptive of your personality characteristics. The key words are age appropriate. The results give you a four color profile and a list of occupations that are compatible with your color.

NYCareerZone

Click on 'Assess Yourself' from the top.  You will pick the three words that describe you most, and then you can look at various occupations that suit your personality.  To see the occupations, once you have clicked on your words, select 'View Occupations' in the gold circle.

 

Occupation Exploration

Once you have picked out your favorites from your list of suggested occupations, you might want to check out the information on the following sites:

O*NET On-line

At O*NET, start by doing the Skills Search. Then, take a look at those same occupations in the Occupational Outlook Handbook:

Occupational Outlook Handbook

Use the alphabetical index at this site to find the occupations quickly.

TAKE THE NEXT STEPS TO ACADEMIC SUCCESS:

STEP TWO: Assessing your learning style

STEP THREE: Use your resources

(Go directly to the Study Skills Page here)

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