<p>So you can’t do active work (no sports in HS would seem to indicate that), but you also can’t sit in front of a computer? </p>
<p>What about x-ray technician or mammogram specialist? Occupational therapist? There are a lot of medical jobs that aren’t particularly active but do involve working with people.</p>
<p>@moonchild: I am a typical well-rounded student who doesn’t really have one thing that he/she is especially good/bad at. But I did the collegeboard quickstart personality test and I found that my result is quite accuarate. </p>
<p>INFAs are compassionate, imaginative, and reflective. As an INFA you are particularly concerned about expressing and living up to your beliefs and values, and with developing an emotional understanding of the world around you. You desire to live in harmony and peace. You value personal growth, remaining true to your beliefs, and finding meaning in your surroundings. Life is a wonderful mystery and your quest is to figure it out.</p>
<p>You **prefer to have a few close and deep friendships **and may feel most alone in large crowds. You are prone to take criticism personally even when you know it was intended to be constructive. As a result, you tend to keep your best qualities hidden from others. You enjoy being quietly different from everybody else and prefer to spend ample time alone.</p>
<p>**Your greatest challenge is to find a fulfilling path, and once you have found it, you will work passionately towards its fruition<a href=“apparently%20that’s%20what%20I%20am%20doing!”>/B</a>. Your personal mission may take the form of a great social purpose. You adapt easily to changing circumstances, yet you are not swayed simply by external appearances. As an INFA you can be enormously creative in the development of innovative ideas. You are a reflective and imaginative learner, who loves acquiring knowledge and can find something of interest in most subjects; however, you tend to find intellectual subjects most stimulating. You are endowed with a talent for capturing your thoughts and emotions in writing.</p>
<p>INFAs are most often found in **career fields where they can help people or make the world a better place in which to live<a href=“may%20sound%20creepy,%20but%20it%20really%20applies%20to%20me”>/B</a>. As an INFA you will be most satisfied and productive when you’re involved in work that blends your life purpose with others who are interested in reaching similar goals. You are most interested in jobs that allow you to spend time concentrating on academic and intellectual subjects.</p>
<p>@dmd77: I can both do active work and sit in front of a computer; it is just a matter of intensity. I can’t do sports mainly because of the possibility of relatively serious collisions.</p>
<p>Social work. Helping abused children or the elderly.</p>
<p>Social work came to my mind also. What about something in the hospitality field? Hotel management?</p>
<p>Library science? Or is that too much time on the computer?</p>
<p>I dunno about that description. Its really well established that when you give people general, positive, feedback like that about themselves, they say “wow, that really describes me”. Everyone sees themselves that way some of the time…and its so positive. The problem is it describes everyone (as they see themselves). I give my students a bogus ‘assessment’ at the start of the term that VERY reads much like the one you wrote…99% say “wow that is really accurate”.</p>
<p>I’m not saying it is not you but just don’t rely on free online tests, ‘personality assessments’ or horoscopes. 90% of them are complete crap.</p>
<p>Forget tests, investigate yourself, volunteer, shadow, take internships, get the feel. You might discover something completely different and surprizing. For example, my D’s comment after volunteering at the hospital (pediatrics): she did not have any problem changing diapers, but witnessing how medical personnel had to deal with parents turned her off from pediatrics (might be forever), even though D has extensive background in dealing with people in great distress (from another volunteering experience).<br>
Another example is friends D. who graduated UG with pre-pharmacy, took test and was going to go to Pharmacy school, but then discovered after working at Pharmacy that it is not for her at all. </p>
<p>Got to have real life feel, tests are not going to give you that.</p>
<p>And don’t worry about not knowing the answer NOW. I believe you are still in highschool. So at best, follow your strengths and interests…that is part of what college is about for many students. And its one reason you should not be expected to declare a major until later (and keep in mind a huge portion change their major and most people do not end up with careers related to their major). Most of us don’t realize 90% of the career options out there or even if we’ve heard of them, we really don’t have a clue what the actual job is like.</p>