<p>For me its either law or engineering. I ruled out both business and medicine because I simply am not someone who is an extroverted, people-person. I dread having to talk to teachers, guidance conselors, etc. I.e. I dont like to talk to people who are not my friends. However, I am also highly cynical, curious, and ambitious. My concern is that I am not the fastest reader and I am not really a bookworm either, though I enjoy researching stuff like politics, current events, etc. But I am torn because I also enjoy problem solving, though my AP score in Physics was lower than both my history and English scores. Would I like law? What kind of high schoolers end up enjoying law? Or does everyone hate law?</p>
<p>High school student to another</p>
<p>Whatever career you choose, you are going to have to talk to people you don't might not feel comfortable with (essipically law and engineering). I personally want to study engineering in college, so I obvisouly I would prefer engineering over law (slightly). However at the end of the day, don't let your grade's determine your career. My english teacher was a math whiz in high school, but she teaches english. Just do some summer programs or talk to some lawyers and engineers. My mentor has a Ph.D in mechincal engineering from MIT. He sold me to mechincal and aerospace engineering.</p>
<p>there are careers other than law, business, medicine, and engineering!</p>
<p>and you don't have to know in high school (or even at the end of college) whether you want to be a lawyer...most people at my law school didn't apply until after they'd finished college and had worked for some time.</p>
<p>the best way to know if law is for you is by talking with lawyers who do different types of work (big firm, small firm, non-profit, government, litigation, transactional, etc.) and observing them if possible. One way to do this is to try and get a job as a paralegal, receptionist, or file clerk for a lawyer.</p>
<p>Susan Daicoff, whom I believe to be a psychologist, published an abstract of article she wrote called ""Lawyer, Know Thyself" (<a href="http://www.fcsl.edu/faculty/daicoff/law.html)%5B/url%5D">http://www.fcsl.edu/faculty/daicoff/law.html)</a>. Here's an excerpt:</p>
<p>"Myers-Briggs differences exist between practice areas: (data collected between 1971 and 1984) Lawyers in private practice were more likely to be Introverted, Intuitive, and Thinking, their most frequent types were ISTJ, ENFP, INTJ, least frequent types were ESTP, ISFP, ESFJ, and ESFP. More likely to have the NT combination."</p>
<p>Some background on what these letters mean: Myers-Briggs built on work first done by Carl Jung classifying personal types on three axes: introverted (I) vs. extraverted (E), intuitive (N) vs. thinking (T), and feeling (F) vs. sensing (S). Myers-Briggs added a fourth axis, judging (J) vs. perceiving (P). Jung actually coined the terms "introversion" and "extraversion."</p>
<p>I've read elsewhere at 57% of all lawyers are introverts.</p>
<p>I'm more concerned by the OP's statement that he/she is "not the fastest reader," and "not really a bookworm..." than I am by "simply not someone who is extraverted." Most of the people I have known who enjoy practicing law really are fast readers, and really do enjoy reading. Some of us are quite extreme in this regard. (I'll confess to having read all 19 volumes of Carl Jung's collected works, plus his memoirs, just because I found Jungian psychology interesting.)</p>
<p>I tested ENTP, although I'm not extroverted at all. I think I was supposed to have tested INTP.</p>
<p>Well I am an INTJ, but as greybeard says, I am concerned about how much I like reading. By bookworm, I meant that I do not generally read novels on my own. I do however love to read the newspaper as well as various news magazines. Like I said, I am extremely curious. I confess to having read virtually every forum on this website, attempting to decide the correct career choice for me. It is so difficult trying to decide which part of my studies to cut out. I love math, history, literature, philosophy, and science as well. I am naturally curious and willing to learn about everything. This is both a blessing and a curious. The only subject that halts my curiosity is author's such as Virginia Woolf: can't stand her. </p>
<p>Anyways, to answer boston's response, I know first-hand from talking to and knowing people in all four professions( biz/med/law/eng) that biz/med are more for people with extroversion while law/eng are more for introverts like myself. </p>
<p>But back to my rambling about my curiosity. I was wondering which of the 4 major career choices are designed for renaissance, Da-Vinci's like myself. Is there one? Is law for this type of people? Could someone provide me with some more characteristics of lawyers or reasons for pursuing law.</p>
<p>What kind of law?</p>
<p>Being a business litigator implicates a totally different set of talents and desires patent registration, etc.</p>
<p>Considering the kind of time you've got before you need to decide, you should consider getting a gig a file clerk or something at a local firm with a practice focus you find interesting.</p>