Choosing a College Program Based on Your Personality



“Choose a college or university program based on your personality and interests.” That is what the research shows over the past many years. Research studies also demonstrate that with a good personality-program match you are likely to,

  • Earn higher grades,
  • Stay with your program of choice,
  • Graduate on time, and
  • Be more satisfied and successful in your career.

Obviously you don’t want to ignore those findings and jeopardize your career!

There are different strategies you can adopt to make a good decision and match your personality with the right career. 

  1. Take a scientifically valid interest inventory or career test that measures your Holland personality types;
  2. Use a valid list of programs/majors organized by Holland personality types to identify those most likely to fit your personality;
  3. Learn about the environment for each program that interests you;
  4. Use similar strategies to choose a career field; and
  5. Make your choice using a 4 step decision-making process.
Recent studies show that a good personality-program match is related to college success.
Generally, the better the match the better students do.

Certainly, there are other factors to consider in choosing a college or university program, but personality-program match is one of the most important.


This blog has been adapted from the article written by Lawrence K. Jones, Ph.D., NCC

Best Online Resources for Learning about College Programs in Pakistan

For students who want to learn about college or training programs, we’ve chosen the best online resources with advice on how to use them. Each site has certain advantages depending on what kind of information you are looking for.

Start by narrowing your college programs choices to those that match your Holland personality types. If you make a close personality-program match, studies show you're more likely to succeed in college. Career Key Pakistan’s articles help you get started, including these:
Once you've narrowed your options, you'll want to learn more about each one as part of a good, 4 step decision making process. These websites can help:

Eduvision

Best for:
  • Finding college or university programs (14000 + programs) from all over the Pakistan, including duration, institution’s category and education system of each of those programs. 
How to use it:
  • Go to Program Finder 
  • Select Field of Study and Level of study 
  • Refine your search by Course and City 


Ilmkidunya

Best for:
  • Finding college and university programs according to course categories, as well as search course/program by qualification level, program type and city. 
How to use it:
  • Press Colleges tab and select Programs and Courses 
  • Search course/program by qualification level, course/program type and city; or 
  • Search programs by Course Category 

Following online forums will help students in finding answers to their career, education and training related questions:

Hamariweb

Best for:
  • Providing career advice on career development issues by a group of professionals and career advisers. 
How to use it: 
  • Press Students Corner on a left had tab and select a Career Counselling link 
  • Student need to register to participate on this forum 


Eduvision

Best for:
  • Providing online counseling on various career related issues
How to use it: 
  • Select Online Counseling tab and press Q&A link for reading posts or press Categories link for reading questions and answers according to various occupational categories 
  • Student need to register to participate on this forum 


Career Counseling Portal Pakistan

Best for:
  • Providing students with counseling services in facilitation of there career choices and subject selection along with providing professional response to the student's personal and psychological growth and development.
How to use it: 
  • Student need registration to participate in various forums
  • Select Register tab and press Student Registration 

High Quality Decision Making

Choosing a career path, making a career decision, or deciding on a college major - all are critical decisions. They demand high-quality decision making

Scientific studies show that there are four essential steps you will want to follow. They are abbreviated ACIP, like "a sip" of tea!

A stands for Alternatives. When making an important decision, look at all your choices. Ask yourself, "Are there any other ways I can solve this problem? Ways that I haven't thought of?"

C stands for Consequences. Once you have narrowed down your choices to those that look best, weigh the pros and cons of each.

I stands for Information. Search for new information about each option you are considering.

P means Plans. Make detailed plans for (a) how you will carry out your decision, and (b) what you will do if one of the negative consequences that you thought of under "C" occurs.

Read more on the Career Key Pakistan website by clicking the links...
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