<p>Has anyone else gotten this letter? </p>
<p>Did you complete the personality test?</p>
<p>I don't think I did, the only thing similiar to it I can think of is the academic background questionaire online.</p>
<p>Yes, I got it today.</p>
<p>Yes, the test took about 30 minutes.</p>
<p>What are we talking about here?</p>
<p>I got the letter today. What a crazy test! I felt like I was answering the same question twice, thrice, or more sometimes. It was like the personality disorder rating test that we took in psychology this past year.</p>
<p>My favorite part (most/least like you part):
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Believe that too much tax money goes to support artists.
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It just stood out as a little random to me, especially because I consider myself and some friends artists.</p>
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Your participation should in future years greatly enhance our understanding of what it takes to do well at the United States Naval Academy.
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<p>So if someone who begins as anti-social, cold, and insulting, changes a little, and he or she becomes one of the top graduates, is that going to look like anti-social, cold, and insulting people succeed at the academy? Hehe. Just saying...</p>
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Believe that too much tax money goes to support artists.
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<p>Of course it does. What's the problem? :confused:</p>
<p>;)</p>
<p>I finished it yesterday. They pretty much know now that I "am hard to get to know" but someone who "takes charge".</p>
<p>They also like to know if "you neglect your duties" rather than "leaving a mess".</p>
<p>By all the questions, they can figure out JUST WHO each person is if you answered honestly. Some of the questions can really expose personality flaws.</p>
<p>Dad won't let me do it :(</p>
<p>Hm...why not?</p>
<p>Wouldn't it be odd if it wasn't officially from the academy? If someone just got hold of all our addresses and made us take an insanely long personality test? Hmmmmmm.</p>
<p>I got about half way through it and finally had enough. It wasn't because it was repetative or really long. Basically, I refused to answer whether or not I would rather insult somebody or ignore others feelings. Ridiculous question for something that doesn't even go on our record, in my opinion, so I clicked the "x" in the top right and felt great about it.</p>
<p>In my dad's words, "don't answer some ridiculous questions just to appease some professor's bs survey"
I love the way he puts things</p>
<p>dicto---I wondered about that but when it didn't ask for any personal information (beyond name and email) I decided why not?</p>
<p>DD has not gotten this nor the letter with her alpha number yet. Hmmm... maybe the powers-that-be changed their minds and don't really want her?</p>
<p>Beachmom:</p>
<p>Don't worry...I've haven't received either yet. Then again, I also found out that USNA was still sending stuff to my UW address when I got my football ticket info the other day...it was forwarded from UW to my home. I immediately changed the address on my CIS page.</p>
<p>I hope they don't/didn't send my Alpha # or address info to UW...it might not arrive here on time.</p>
<p>alpha number came today, along with car pass for parents-can enter yard, but no parking on I-day</p>
<p>I think people can relax about the personality test. From listening to my daughter holler out the questions, seems like Myers-Briggs or something like it that is pretty commonly used throughout the business/government world--that is, it's a reputable test that actually provides some interesting insights into fundamental personal style/preferences--introvert v. extrovet; intuitive thinker v. sensing judger. Organizations use them to understand the type of people they attract; individuals use them to better understand how to lead/follow others. It has nothing to do with how you actually behave--that is, most people have the way they LIKE to do things and the way they end up doing things, based on other considerations. The reason that questions are asked so many times is so that it is harder to "game".</p>
<p>What was interesting about it to me was that some of the binary-choice questions that were hard for her would have been easy for me, and vice versa. And, 'tis true that we have very different personalities, so just on the surface it seemed kind of valid.</p>
<p>So, my unasked-for advice: be of good cheer, do it or not, don't worry either way.</p>
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Dad won't let me do it
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Huh? Please explain.</p>
<p>I know last year the personality test was sent along with the admissions packet for the class of 2009 admissions cycle- was it included in this years packet for the class of 2010? If not, could this be the same thing issued after-the-fact????</p>
<p>No...the admissions board actually used the personality questionaire that was included last year.</p>
<p>This time it seems to be just some Doctor's unofficial survey.</p>