YouScience Results - the Profile
The YouScience Profile contains a wealth of information. Only a portion of it is accessible through the written reports I have provided in the CollegeMadeClear account; students will find it very useful to access and explore the full profile online. As a reminder, students have access to this information for the next 10 years, so they can come back to it as they apply to college, internships, scholarships and jobs.
Upon logging in, your student is presented with the following screen:
Upon logging in, your student is presented with the welcome screen.
First, we review “Your Aptitudes” and discuss the student’s strongest areas, shown by sections of the “pie.” Strongest aptitudes are represented by larger “pie” sections unless a student has relatively equal strengths (see below). Students should focus on the largest sections which represent their strengths.
Next, we review Interests. Interests, unlike aptitudes, will change as students are exposed to new experiences. Top areas of interest are listed in this section.
From there, we explore career options. Here, Careers can be filtered and explored by required educational investment or by fit - overall fit or by aptitude or interest. Careers that are the best overall fit are listed first and are marked by a green border tab.
Students can then research individual careers more in depth to understand salary information, how this career matches their aptitudes, what a day in the life of this career entails, and what majors lead to this career.
This is a simplified overview of the wealth of resources available to CollegeMadeClear students through the YouScience assessment results. We will continue to mine this assessment in future meetings as we work together. I encourage students to share with parents their individual results and what things have been learned from the assessment.
NOTE: If your student has already identified a major of interest prior to this process, I will still ask the student to go through these steps, as the assessment often brings up important criteria to consider when choosing a major and/or career area. Given the significant investment of time and money in a college education, it’s critical to do what we can at this stage to identify the best fit path before final decisions are made.