Table Of ContentPraise for Find the Perfect College for You
“Rosalind Marie and Claire Law have crafted a unique and impressive vol-
ume that can serve readers who want to use personality type as one of the tools
for understanding and choosing a college.”
—Charles Martin, Ph.D., author of
Looking at Type: The Fundamentals and Looking at Type and Careers
“This book is long overdue! At last two premier experts have combined
qualitative research and their decades of experience with matching students
with the right colleges to produce an insightful guide for students, parents and
guidance counselors.
“In today’s economy, mistakes can be costly, and parents are looking for a
sure strategy to match their student to a college that fts them.
“Hats off to these two—They hit the bull’s-eye!”
—George de Lodzia, Ph.D., Emeritus Professor
of Business Administration, University of Rhode Island
“Students, their parents and their advisors will gain from the insights pro-
vided here. This is new and valuable college planning territory. Take a look.
These pages take college planning to a new level.”
—Steven R. Antonoff, Ph.D., Certifed Educational Planner,
Antonoff Associates, Inc.
“No one other than Rosalind Marie and Claire Law could have written this
book. They know students, and they know colleges. They tell you why and
®
how a student’s MBTI personality fts well at specifc colleges.
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“Through the lenses of the MBTI personality preferences, the authors
reveal how students’ personality and learning style ft at specifc colleges. The
authors researched and merged student attributes with what the college offers.
Students will fnd ready-made lists of colleges that are likely to be a solid match
for them.
“The process of choosing a college through this method is an entirely more
self-directed, conscious way of going to college. Students will get to know
themselves better and will understand the ethos of the college after reading
this book.
“By opening any given page, students will get a fascinating view of the col-
lege of their dreams—the idyllic four magic years of living and learning.”
—Sue Bigg, MPH, Certifed Educational Planner, educational consultant
“This book presents a proven, effective tool for the job of fnding a college!
Each one of our high school seniors has been able to pick their major and fnd
a college by working through this process. What a relief!”
—Lori Pohly, parent, Huntsville, AL
82 exceptional schools that fit
Your Personality and learning style
ROSALIND P. MARIE
and C. CLAIRE LAW
Find the Perfect College for You: 82 Exceptional Schools That Fit Your Personality
and Learning Style
By Rosalind P. Marie and C. Claire Law
Published by SuperCollege, LLC
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acknowledgements
e would like to thank the following individuals who have supported
Wour vision in this book through to its completion. First and foremost,
our husbands, John Krawiec and Chip Law who accepted the book’s consider-
able commitment and demands on our energy with grace. We want to thank
our earliest supporters Steve Antonoff and Sue Bigg, who believed in our
ability to bring a new idea to the table. Dr. Charles Martin, Richard J. Puhek,
Esq. and Dr. Delodzia gave us critical and much needed feedback during the
writing and composition stages in their area of expertise. Bill Dingledine,
President Elect of SACAC 2009-10, (Southern Association of Colleges and
Schools), the frst professional educator to look at the fnished manuscript,
gave us a Bravo, along with insightful comments that infuenced further ed-
iting. Our seven, twenty-something reviewers, Sheila Khan Judkins, Adam
F. Khan, Saima Majid, Katherine Olaksen, Andrew Inglis, Cord Briggs and
Anne Krawiec, brought their youth and recent collegiate experience to the
manuscript. Along the way, Anne Newton, Janet Seif, Leigh Anne Spraetz,
and Virginia Short helpfully responded to our queries for feedback. Our ap-
preciation goes out to the twentieth century psychologists whose research
infuenced us lastingly and remained our constant inspiration while advising
high school students. We thank the several authors of books within the stable
of Personality Type literature and whose work provided checkpoints to our
own manuscript, Gordon Lawrence, Paul Teiger, Barbara Barron, Earle Page
and Alan Brownsword.
contents
Acknowledgements v
Note from the Authors viii
Foreword ix
chaPter 1
What’s in This Book? 1
chaPter 2
Three Powerful Tools Viewed in Action on College Campuses 5
chaPter 3
Uncover Your Personality Preferences and Type 13
chaPter 4
Description of Personality Types in High School 21
chaPter 5
The College Descriptions 39
chaPter 6
The Tables of Colleges and Majors Recommended for
Personality Types 377
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note from the authors
his book was born out of the authors’ personal experience while advising
Tcollege-bound students. Our philosophical perspective strongly points to
starting the process by helping students better understand themselves through
assessments, interest inventories and personal interviews. With those emerg-
ing student profles we call upon our knowledge of individual campuses and
their unique academic and social environments. Throughout each advising
session, telephone discussion and meeting with student and family we seek
to match and interface the student personality preferences and learning style
with college and universities that support and appeal to those student pro-
fles. We set out to capture that advising process in this book and elected to
enter our individual, subjective views of college campuses into a qualitative
research design.
Over the period of ten years, we consulted with professional educators and
psychologists to develop and move forward with the methodical framework
that resulted in this book. Our observations and advising are heavily based
upon, and follow much within the theories of student development and en-
vironmental theories which encompass the physical and social environment.
The research and theories of Alexander Astin, 1962, 1968; and Astin and
Holland, 1961; Holland (1973) and Myers (1980), Michelson, 1970; Moos,
1979, Pascarella, 1985; Stern, 1986; Strange, 1991 and Kurt Lewin, (1937)
have infuenced our work in this book. The Myers Briggs Type Indicator®, ema-
nating from Jungian Psychological theory, is the foundation of our college
advising process and lays the fundamental groundwork for this book.
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foreword
s you will come to appreciate, there is much depth and perspective in
Athis book. We thank you for investing time and energy moving through
the written words and sometimes demanding concepts. Remember, however,
that this book is not a feld directive. We want the best for you as you may
take direction from its pages. It is a privilege to enter your life and we do so
with suggestions, not mandates. Ultimately your parents and you have the
credentials to determine the right college and the right educational major.
do these situations look familiar?
“My son is in high school and we were hoping that he could fnd a college on
his own. He’s done some research, has taken standardized tests twice and seen a
couple of schools, but he still has no direction.”
“Sarah dropped her books on the kitchen table on the way to the fridge, and
said, ‘I’m not going to apply to that college. None of my friends are going there.’”
“Tristan is a top student at a very strong independent school. Each semester
the high school class ranking and his place in the rank seems to draw energy away
from exploring colleges and determining the type of education suited for him.”
“Heather wants a different type of college than her friends and the students
in her high school often choose. We want to help her defne what that ‘difference’
means while visiting a cross section of colleges, but we don’t have any idea how to
accomplish this.”
“Jason, our son, wants to go to a large university, preferably public. We would
like him to keep an open mind and include smaller universities and liberal arts
colleges on the list of prospective colleges to visit. We are having little luck getting
this idea across to him.”
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