The following assessment by a clinical psychologist was based upon my answers at age 14 to three questionnaires: the Vocational Preference Inventory, the Bem Inventory, and the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator.
You described yourself as "truthful, competitive, and kind." Indeed, your profile indicates that your expressive side (being sympathetic, understanding, and eager to sooth hurt feelings) is somewhat more developed than your instrumental side (being forceful, assertive, and aggressive). You might want to work on developing your instrumental side a bit more. The only way to correct this is to make a conscious effort each day to practice being more outgoing, assertive, and forceful. If you do, these behaviors will become easier and more natural for you. We change our personality the same way we change our physical side -- through use and practice. Do this, of course, only if you feel a need to change. Otherwise, it will feel uncomfortable to you, and you will not be motivated. Only you know what you want and what you are really like!
You appear to be a quiet, contemplative, and responsible young man. You have a great concern for principles that explain causes and consequences of events or the workings of things. You love to figure out, to analyze situations, to attack problems in an analytical, logical fashion. You like to test ideas to see if they are supported by the facts, and you like to deal with what is real and factual.
You tend to be reserved most of the time, very meticulous with high aspirations. You are curious about things, but you tend to stick to what is factual. You are extremely dependable, and you can be extremely impatient with those who are not. In your outer life, in dealing with others, you are realistic, practical, and completely responsible. On the surface, you are a no-nonsense type of person, but underneath your outer calm, you are seeing things from an intensely individual, often delightfully humorous angle. Your private reactions, the way things strike you, are often quite unpredictable.
When you take action, however, your responses are usually always sound and sensible. After pausing for reflection before acting, you can make firm and objective decisions, completely based on facts and reality -- and you take full responsibility for your actions and decisions. No one can be more thorough, painstaking, systematic, hard-working, or patient with detail and routine as you. You may find it difficult to get started at times, but once you begin a project, you can persevere endlessly. You provide stability to whatever you encounter. Hardly ever impulsive, whenever you begin something, you are very hard to distract, discourage, or stop. You rarely quit something unless experience convinces you that you are wrong.
Your sensing and intuitive sides are well-balanced, meaning that although you can remember and use facts, you can also see the relationships between these facts and see the possibilities. This balance also enables you to handle some routine, as well as the more complicated situations. Most important is your ability to weigh your inspirations and visions with the facts at hand and acknowledge the limitations these facts impose.
In your interpersonal relationships, you are loyal, sympathetic, and genuinely concerned. You can be very supportive to persons who need support. Although most of the time you are practical and responsible, there is the sociable, confident, fun-loving side that only your best friends know and love.
You indicated an interest in science, math, and business. I will discuss their suitability for you and also suggest some other areas you may with to explore.
Your systematic and precise approach to your work make you compatible with the fields of science and math. You may want to consider applying these interests to the area of engineering, in particular, electrical or mechanical engineering. You would also be well-suited for a career in computers, such as systems analyst. Because you can work steadily on problems, but also display bursts of energy when given a variety of problems, any of the above fields would fit your work style.
With your personality, you are probably sympathetic, tactful, kind, and genuinely concerned about others. You may have traits that make you very supportive to persons in need of support. Therefore, you may want to look into the fields of medicine and education. Your systematic attention to detail, concern for accuracy, and analytical nature combined with your care for people would make you a natural as a doctor or teacher. In either field, you could also combine your investigative interests by engaging in research. You may decide to teach and do research at the college or university level. However, you would probably also make an excellent high school teacher.
Because of your tendency to like detail and factual information, and your great skill at organization, you would also be suited to the fields of accounting and banking. You would probably not care for the field of sales.
In the business field, accounting and administration may interest you, as well as managerial positions. As an administrator, your practical judgment and memory for detail would make you conservative, consistent, and able to cite cases to support your evaluations of people and methods. Your type would tend to be "benevolent administrators," observant of people and their needs. You would spend your energy in making people happy and in bringing harmony to relationships. You might consider the areas of health care administration or educational administrations. You could be an excellent dean of students, given sufficient interest.
Consider the following list of possible likes and dislikes when thinking about career choices:
Your ability to accurately remember and use any number of facts make you most teachers' dream. You like things to be factual and clearly stated, and not too theoretical. You are probably superb in mathematics, writing, and science. The humanities may not always appeal to you, and the social sciences probably strike you as "muddled" and full of ambiguities. You save your unique sense of humor for those who know you well. Teachers may not always appreciate this side of you.
To strengthen your intellectual skills, you want to practice considering alternative explanations for what looks like the "only solution or interpretation given the facts." Try to push yourself beyond the facts to the possibilities, and from time-to-time listen to that inner voice of intuition instead of always relying on your pure sensory experiences. Move to the theoretical realm, but keep your firm grasp of the facts as your foundation. Be aggressive, and trust your abilities.
As you consider your personality, you may want to examine your relative strengths and weaknesses. The following may represent some that you can identify with and some you may want to more fully develop:
Developing your social skills, your assertiveness, as well as a deeper appreciation and understanding of alternative viewpoints can pay off both in your work and in your private life. You have many strengths and need to trust more in your abilities. Surrounding yourself with friends who are more outgoing, spontaneous, and tend to be dreamers may be hard for you, but it would help to balance your personality and complement your strengths. At least, try to appreciate the "dreamers," the "visionaries," the "free spirits."
With your interests and personality, you should succeed in a variety of career fields. You already seem to have a good sense of what you would be good at and what would satisfy you. Being an introvert, you like working alone although you care deeply about people. You are probably very punctual, organized, and efficient. You may want to loosen up a little and break with your routine at times so that you will be able to deal with change and ambiguity better. You will need some of this ability when you get to graduate school. Your chosen career choices of science, math, and business are all compatible with your personality and should bring you success and satisfaction. Try to consider some other fields as well before you narrow your options too much. The fields of engineering, medicine, and education, as well as certain areas of the business world, may also prove to be interesting and satisfying to you.