"People call me a perfectionist, but I'm not. I'm a rightist. I do something until it's right." James Cameron, INTJ
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★ College Type: Green
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★ Percent of SAS students: 4.8%
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★ Percent of the USA: 2 to 4 %
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★ Males: 1 to 3%
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★Females: 2 to 6 %
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★ Percent of Asians: 6.9 %
College Search by Personality type: INTJ
The INTJ tends to focus first on the task and secondarily on people. They may value their own thoughts over the opinions of others.
Your parents (not to mention your counselor), may feel left out. Inform them of your ideas and progress. Better yet, seek out their input knowing you get to decide.
You will be quick and thoughtful in your college search, making decisions quickly focusing first on the big picture. When exploring college options, an INTJ will often...
•Set various long-term goals and create an action plan that starts with college;
•Consider creating their own major;
•Need to be open to tailoring their plan if obstacles arise or alternative plans are required;
•Use an objective approach to evaluate the pros and cons of each potential college.
•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.
You work efficiently, task-focused and deliberative
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•Keep in mind, your parents and counselors cannot read your mind. So plan regular meetings to update your progress.
•Enjoys change, challenge, and variety
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•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.
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• Colleges with innovative learning environments
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• You may well enjoy the challenge of creating your own major--—over 1100 colleges let you do this now.
•Benefit from expanding their networking skills--you rely a lot on your skills and independence.
Make an effort to go to college visits and learn to press the flesh.
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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INTJs value independence, both in themselves and in others, and prefer an environment where they can use their imagination to come up with unique solutions, with space to drive it through to completion. They thrive on challenge, especially intellectual challenge, and love analysis, drilling deep and earning new things.
Given your ferocious independence, take a look at some unique options:
Colleges with out of the box academic programs
Colleges for the independent learner
Colleges with innovative learning environment
Colleges where you can design your own major.
Colleges with an open curriculum
You may also love intellectual challenges such as
