Assignment 22: Olivia Klee

Last week I took the infamous Myers-Briggs personality test. I tend to be skeptical of those online pyschology tests that tell you if you're a sociopath or give you the eye color of your soul mate, but this test blew me away with its accuracy.

It spit out the personality INTJ, commonly known as "The Architect." The letters stand for Introversion, iNtuition, Thinking, and Judging. So I read the profile.

"It’s lonely at the top, and being one of the rarest and most strategically capable personality types, INTJs know this all too well. INTJs form just two percent of the population, and women of this personality type are especially rare, forming just 0.8% of the population..."

And so I'm thinking "Okay, cool so it's pretty rare, let's see if this is legit."

About thirty minutes later, I realized I have read through the entire 10 page profile, learning about every aspect of myself from my work habits to how I will function as a parent, and I feel high. For the first time probably in my entire life, I started to understand why I act, feel, and learn the way I do. I wish whoever sponsors this online test was there to record my facial reactions when I read some of my strengths and weaknesses:

Strength:
"If something piques their interest, INTJs can be astonishingly dedicated to their work, putting in long hours and intense effort to see an idea through. INTJs are incredibly efficient, and if tasks meet the criteria of furthering a goal, they will find a way to consolidate and accomplish those tasks."

Weakness:
"A recurring theme with INTJs is their analytical prowess, but this strength can fall painfully short where logic doesn’t rule – such as with human relationships. When their critical minds and sometimes neurotic level of perfectionism...are applied to other people, all but the steadiest of friends will likely need to make some distance, too often permanently."

Mind=blown. Every part of the desciption fit me to a tee. Now that I've had a week or so to think about all of this new information, I have found this awareness extremely useful. As far as my decision for college, it has helped me realize that I need to pursue something that really interests me and that I will excel in an environment where I can bounce my ideas off of like-minded individuals, such as in an honors program. I think a large research university would be the best fit for me because there I will be able to study as hard as I want and also have lots of opportunities to meet people that share my passions.