Psychometric assessment for career choice

riddles

Hi,

at the point of having to select leaving certificate subject choices. Would anyone have a recommendation for psychometric assessment that could make recommendations for a career you maybe more drawn too? or someone who provides that service that you found benificial?

thanks,
R

jdon72

Most of them aren't much help, I've heard. My recommendation is to pick whichever subjects you find easiest because for most courses you don't need specific subjects - you need high points

Iscreamkone

jdon72 wrote: »

Most of them aren't much help, I've heard. My recommendation is to pick whichever subjects you find easiest because for most courses you don't need specific subjects - you need high points

If it’s a toss up between subjects check which subjects give out the most H1s and H2s

Applied Maths, chemistry and physics are probably in the mix

rainbowtrout

Iscreamkone wrote: »

If it’s a toss up between subjects check which subjects give out the most H1s and H2s

Applied Maths, chemistry and physics are probably in the mix

Because they are chosen as a niche subject by students who are interested in the subjects and have an aptitude for them. You'll find a lot of the students in physics, chemistry and applied maths classes are also the students who are scoring 450+ points overall in general.

Iscreamkone

rainbowtrout wrote: »

Because they are chosen as a niche subject by students who are interested in the subjects and have an aptitude for them. You'll find a lot of the students in physics, chemistry and applied maths classes are also the students who are scoring 450+ points overall in general.

Very true.

soso02

rainbowtrout wrote: »

Because they are chosen as a niche subject by students who are interested in the subjects and have an aptitude for them. You'll find a lot of the students in physics, chemistry and applied maths classes are also the students who are scoring 450+ points overall in general.

This is not true. This is the government's ploy to rid the country of artists and creative scholars in favor of robotic mathematicians.

See students opting for higher level maths in their droves because of the points.
History students are equally interested in their subjects.

The reason why the people studying chemistry and physics are scoring in excess of 450 is simply because they are disproportionately rewarded for being mathematically inclined. How is this fair ?

Music is a niche subject. But because it is categorized as non-stem, the SEC have designed an exam such that few achieve top marks.

Iscreamkone

soso02 wrote: »

This is not true. This is the government's ploy to rid the country of artists and creative scholars in favor of robotic mathematicians.

See students opting for higher level maths in their droves because of the points.
History students are equally interested in their subjects.

The reason why the people studying chemistry and physics are scoring in excess of 450 is simply because they are disproportionately rewarded for being mathematically inclined. How is this fair ?

Music is a niche subject. But because it is categorized as non-stem, the SEC have designed an exam such that few achieve top marks.

Interesting opinion.