<p>Ok, throughout my life I've always considered myself a math/science person, and in high school and college I've excelled in these subjects. So I've always thought that I would end up doing something with numbers or something science-related.</p>
<p>However, I took a vocation-related test a couple of days ago at college and while I did decent on the Math/Science proportion of the test, my score was extraordinary for the humanities. In fact, my score for humanities was the maximum possible, placing me in the top 0.01% of those who take the test. My Math/science section, put me in the top 8% of the test takers. </p>
<p>The careers counselor, discussing this with me, said "Well you are obviously going to be a Writer or a Historian or something like that eh?" and I sat there thinking, "WHAT?". I'm not sure what I want to do now... I mean I do like math/science subjects more than the humanities, but the counselor lamented at how I should "use my talent".</p>
<p>I agree. Sometimes the things we like the most aren't our most gifted areas. Obviously, you're highly gifted in both, but you don't have to do what your best at, because you're pretty darned good at science/math, and you should follow your heart, which obvious says you like math/science more.</p>
<p>I agree with these guys for the most part, although "going with your heart" is often not the best answer since emotions change all the time, let your passions develop and decide from there.
In addition, drawing a true distinction between math/science/humanities is really quite futile in that each crosses over in terms of what is needed. For example, creativity is the mark of an artist, yet it's use is also quite important for various science-based careers and one might choose to minor in music while majoring in pre-med simply to strengthen their creativity.
Another example would be the entire field of Psychology. Psychology is sometimes known as a "soft science" because many of its theories are more abstract that the "harder sciences," yet biopsychology is VERY closely related to neurology.
For these reasons, among others, I see no reason to draw a clear distinction between your humanities and scientific abilities.
The reality is that you are uniquely gifted and created and you will accomplish an important purpose, so I would encourage you to explore various fields and see where you end up being most passionate, then go for that goal...and on the way to that goal, see you can use your other strengths and abilities!</p>
<p>A warning, if it's something you've done all of your life, and it's something you've just seen yourself doing in the future, it may be helpful to take a humanities course or two just to make sure you're not sticking to an old image of yourself that doesn't fit anymore. I'd always been an English person, always seen myself in English, etc., so when I got to college I took Calc II to make sure I'm not a closet math/science person. I spent the entire time thinking about my English class or staring out the window. It filled part of my science requirement for graduation, and now I'm sure I don't want to do math for a living. To fulfill the science req. I'm taking physics next semester--just to make sure.</p>