Self Discovery

How do you learn best? By reading, listening, or by doing an activity? Knowing how you learn best can help you succeed in school and work. The following are surveys that can help you determine your learning style. 

• Vark Guide to Learning Styles
• Education Planner What's Your Learning Style Survey
• AchieveWorks Learning and Productivity (found in Self-Discovery Tab in Naviance)

During your years at Fairview, you have a chance to explore your personality, interests and possible careers.

What does your personality say about areas of study and careers that would best fit you? The following personality surveys  will help you identify the different traits of your personality that could lead to a career choice.

• Keirsey Temperament Sorter (Myers Briggs variation. Use the no-cost section)
• Enneagram Test
• AchieveWorks Personality (Myers Briggs -Found in Self-Discovery Tab in Naviance)
• AchieveWorks Intelligences (Found in Self-Discovery Tab in Naviance)
• Do What You Are (Found in Self-Discovery Tab in Naviance)

Choosing a major will be one of the most important factors in creating your college list!  As you use the following websites to help determine possible majors, use this worksheet  Choosing a Major Worksheet.

Use the following links to help determine a major:

• College Board Big Future Explore Majors
• US News Guide to College Majors
• For Visual Learners
• Quick and Quirky
• What can I do with this major?
• What are some of the top jobs by major and what might they pay?

 

Once you have an idea of the major(s) you might like, search for colleges offering that major in the  following websites:

• College Board Big Future
• Naviance's Super Match College search

• Comparing College Majors by Campus - use this chart to compare majors by campus

After you finish this exercise, consider the other factors that will help you choose a college (location, cost, size, etc) and go to Step 1: Choosing a College.

Knowing your career interests can help you in choosing a major, a college or a career. These surveys can help you determine some of the activities required for specific jobs. 

• Career Clusters Activity
• Career Cluster Finder (Found under Self Discovery Tab in Naviance)
• Career Interest Profiler (Found under Self Discovery Tab in Naviance)