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How To Choose A College Major
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Here
is a 7-step process to resolve some of the confusion
and frustration of choosing your college major.
- 1. Find out
what kinds of activities interest you.
- Activities are
divided into six different areas, also known as Holland
Codes.
REALISTIC
or R activities
- INVESTIGATIVE
or I activities
ARTISTIC
or A activities
- SOCIAL
or S activities
ENTERPRISING
or E activities
- CONVENTIONAL
or C activities
2. Identify your activity interest areas (your Holland
Interest Code.) - To identify
your three top activity areas of interest go to http://ecos.princetonreview.com.
Do the ECOS career interest assessment. At the end
of the assessment you see your three letter activity
code. This letter code uses the above-lettered list
of activities. The three letter activity code, also
known as the Holland Interest Code, will match to
a list of occupations with activities that match to
your activities of interest. You will then be able
to click into "Find Careers that match your code."
- NOTE: Setup
your personal ECOS account:
1. From the home page, click into "STUDENT"
2. Create an account.
3. Input code member # - 51663670263
4. Create your own personal User Id and Password.
(Keep a record of - for future use)
3. Choose an occupation of interest- The inventory
will give you an occupational code that will identify
careers that relate to your interests.
4. Choose a college major- ECOS will provide
career majors that are related to the chosen occupation.
5. Choose a 4-year college that you might want
to transfer to- Once you identify
a college major, you are then ready to begin your
college search through ECOS for colleges in the US
http://ecos.princetonreview.com
or for more detailed information on NJ colleges use.
http://www.njedge.org
Note:
to use ECOS you will need to log on to your ECOS account.
After identifying the 4-year college, review the academic
programs offered by the 4-year college and select
one that corresponds to your interest area and occupational
choice.
6. Select an OCC program of study- Review the list
of OCC
Programs of Study. Identify the OCC College major
that correlates to you primary interest code and chosen
program of study from the 4-year college.
7. Transferring to the 4-year college- Monitor the transfer
of your OCC classes to the NJ College of your choice
through NJ Transfer at www.njtransfer.org
to make sure you are choosing appropriate classes
for the maximum amount of classes for transfer.
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