"To me, if life boils down to one thing, it's movement. To live is to keep moving." --Jerry Seinfeld, ENFP
★ College Type: Blue
★ Percent of SAS students: 9.3%
★ Percent of the USA: 6 to 8 %
★ Males: 5 to 7%
★Females: 8 to 10 %
★ Percent of Asians: 4.6 %
College Search by Personality type: ENFP
Loves to connect with people and is energized by exploring possibilities
Meet with the college reps when they come to town.
You will be energized as your explore options in your college search, getting excited by talking with students and admission folks, but remember you need to turn that enthusiasm into action. When exploring college options, an ENFP will often...
•Create numerous long-term goals and benefit from narrowing down their idealistic list
•Gather College-related information through networking
•Benefit from reviewing college options based on an objective list of requirements-sit down with your counselor and brainstorm them.
•Benefit from setting a decision deadline
•Need to be cautious of the amount they allow others to influence their choice
•Likes looking at information from a global viewpoint, spotting patterns and relationships, that lead to an understanding of the key issues
Consider factors like:
•Core Curriculum and Great Books
Consider Colleges committed to being green or a fairtrade university.
They love the feed and energy of the new, the different and when it becomes tedious they will look for the next interesting project.
Sharing your research results with friends and your counselor can help motivate you.
Loves possibilities and exploring; hates deciding. Tends to procrastinate .
•Setting regular meetings with your counselor to review your specific progress every two or three weeks.
•Enjoys change, challenge, and variety
•Colleges offer many different time tables and curricula; you like change and may thrive at a college that allows more change of classes through innovative calendar systems like quarter systems and block schedules.
• Colleges with innovative learning environments
• You may well enjoy the challenge of creating your own major--—over 1100 colleges let you do this now.
Be more interested in exploring ideas than bringing them to closure
•Set up your own deadlines with your counselor to keep you on track.
What makes you tick
What this means for your college search
•Focuses more on possibilities for the future than the here-and-now
What makes you tick
What to look for in a college
•Check out College Outcomes on their Career section of their websites or click on UCANN.
Examine college outcomes such as WSJ Top 50 feeder schools
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