<p>Not really sure what category this goes into but whatever ahha. basically my school makes all students take the personality test (Meyer Briggs) to see what colleges we would "fit" into. (I got INTJ) do other high schools make students take this test?</p>
<p>My daughter’s school did it. She found it very interesting and was really into it. But it had nothing to do with college selection and I find that sort of disturbing because I don’t know how valid MB really is anyway. It seemed to be used at dd’s school as a entree point for discussion and self reflection. She was ENTP which seemed to fit pretty well, though.</p>
<p>The MBTI is a good jumping off point for exploration of your preferences and style of dealing with various things (how you make decisions, how you plan, how you work with others) and I think is a fun exercise. I’ve done it several times during school, jobs I’ve had etc. it is a freely available, not terribly validated test. Types change over the course of your lifetime, and there are strong preferences and mild preferences in each of the four domains - so people with the same four letters might be very different from each other. it can help you think about what careers might suit you, but I can’t imagine a way to use it choose a college. It’s not like there are introvert vs extrovert schools or sensing vs perceiving schools. </p>
<p>I don’t see how it would help decide what type of school. IMO it’s more useful in showing how you work in groups or individually</p>
<p>Davidson College used to use it as a tool for roommate matching. Haven’t heard of it being used at the HS level for college selection.</p>
<p>We had to do it our freshman year at my high school, although it had nothing to do with colleges (well we were freshman).</p>
<p>My high school sent it out for us to do, but mostly just for our own enjoyment if we wished. It also came with suggestions for career paths/skills.</p>
<p>I was/am an INTJ as well, with 100% preference in I, T, and J, haha. (If you want something fun to read, check out some funny forum posts by searching “INTJ stereotypes.” Quite amusing. ^.^)</p>
<p>We weren’t made to do this, but I went on a school sponsored trip that did. I really liked taking the exam, but it doesn’t really tell much about what college you should go to. I am also an INTJ. I had moderate preferences for I and T, and strong preferences for N and J. I thought that the descriptions were strikingly accurate on most things, although not all. However, I don’t think that knowing my exact personality profile helped me to decide on a college or a major. </p>
<p>Edit: spelling</p>
<p>I think its a really good exercise for getting to know yourself. INTP/INTJ here, strong T medium IN and 50/50 on T/P.Not surprised to see a lot of NT here on CC, probably a majority I too. I’ve done this with friends multiple times and its always fin and positive. Can’t hurt. No exact science but take it for what it is: a guide for self exploration.</p>
<p>My school makes freshmen take it to help determine what types of courses they should take later. They also have them take a multiple intelligences test and a Holland’s Code test. Granted, mine didn’t match up at all – ISTP lends itself to engineering jobs, and I’m a history person.</p>
<p>@rosebud30 I know what you mean about the careers not fitting - INTJs are traditionally “the scientists” of the bunch, and my dream job (if I had the creativity and would make enough money) would be a writer (my realistic dream job is a librarian). But I think the scientist part comes in because I love the technical elements of writing and I think about literature in a methodical way. Maybe that’s similar to how you analyse history?</p>
<p>Seems to be totally pointless</p>
<p><a href=“Why the Myers-Briggs test is totally meaningless - Vox”>Why the Myers-Briggs test is totally meaningless - Vox;
<p>@SnickersU I agree that there is no scientific meaning and shouldn’t be used objectively, but I don’t think its meaningless or pointless. The general type is one thing, but you should pay attention to the percentages, if you’re testing based off mood, and all the other variables, and use them to evaluate yourself and how you function. Not to use it as an external tool but rather an internal one. Identify what parts you are of the type you test, what parts you aren’t, and why. Knowing all of this about yourself in the end will not correlate with how you test but it will provide meaningful and useful info. I think that’s why young people are encouraged to take it: to learn about themselves if they haven’t started already. I am amazed that people pay for it or that its used in any type of professional setting.</p>
<p>Wow, it looks like we have a lot of introverts here. I’m ENFP, with a strong preference for extroversion. We took the MB test for a career planning class, but I didn’t really assign any value to it. I thought it was cool that my ‘type’ matched me so perfectly though.</p>
<p>yeah I got 100% on the I and strongly leaning to all others 
My dads a scientist and I come over to his work sometimes and MAN it sure is boring as heck! I wanna be a surgeon tho, more hands on, etc 
Because I’m iNTJ my deans pushing me strongly to UChicago, which, after some research I found out that I really like. </p>
<p>To people saying it’s useless - I agree with you to a certain point… one should NEVER base their career/major choice etc. off of a test, but something like MBTI does give people an idea of the way they think about things, which leads to suggested careers, etc. </p>
<p>I agree that you shouldn’t use MBTI to make large decisions about your life, as there isn’t a lot of science behind it, but INTP here.</p>
<p>Personality inventories are fundamentally flawed. It is also rather unethical to require someone to take the MBTI. <a href=“The Myers & Briggs Foundation - Ethics for Administering”>http://www.myersbriggs.org/myers-and-briggs-foundation/ethical-use-of-the-mbti-instrument/ethics-for-administering.asp</a></p>
<p>There’s nothing wrong with using Myers Briggs as a tool as long as you use it wisely. It can be an insightful way to see how the way you function compares to other people and to see how others function. It’s not perfect, and you shouldn’t make a decision solely on it, but it’s definitely one helpful way of seeings things IMO.</p>
<p>I had to take it in middle school for social studies. We did a lot of group projects and our teacher wanted to put personality types that would work well together. I got INFP, and my best friend got the exact same. Us two and one other guy in class were the only introverts. I thought there were going to be more. I found it super interesting and could identify with a lot of the characteristics of my type, but it’s nothing to get too worked up over.</p>