About Me: A GUIDE

FOR DISCUSSIONS AND

RECOMMENDATIONS

hana zajmovic
CENTENNIAL HIGH SCHOOL
CLASS OF 2021
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A Note About YouScience

You've taken the YouScience online assessment, and you've learned a great deal about your
own aptitudes and interests in detail. You've explored your language and picked the terms
and statements that apply to the ways you work and think. Now you're ready to start talking
to other people who can help you build and pursue your plan.

This guide is designed to help you:

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How to use this guide:

Read it yourself, then give this guide to your family, teachers and counselors. Give it to
anyone you've asked to write recommendations for you: for school, job or internship
applications. Encourage them to read it carefully. This guide explains your particular
aptitudes and interests in a way that others can understand, and then better help you.
Here's what this guide gives them:

TERMS THAT DESCRIBE YOU

Words and phrases to use in resumes, letters, and essays

YOUR HIGHLIGHTS
Statements about you and your aptitudes

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Terms That Describe Me

Here are some key words and phrases to use in letters, essays, resumes, and interviews.

Advocate Adaptable Process Supporter

Social Abstract Thinker Focused
Extroverted Deliberate Not Easily Distracted
Task Oriented Fact Oriented Listener
Present Minded Physical Organizer

My Highlights
Here's what I learned about myself. Use these statements to build recommendation letters, resumes,
college essays, and as talking points.

WORK APPROACH • When I'm interested in something, I want to learn everything about
it from the best resources and experts.

• I'm at my best when sharing my opinion about my area of expertise.

• I am a born researcher, consultant, or advocate for a cause.

• I want my work to bear my unique handprint.

• I strive to be an expert in my fields of interest.

• I need to have a cause or mission that I feel passionately about.

• I need to get through unrelated requirements so that I can get to

the activities and courses that interest me.

INTERPERSONAL STYLE • I enjoy lively discussion and thinking out loud.

• Crowds or interacting with others energize me.

• I tend to be outgoing, gregarious, enthusiastic, and social.

• I naturally initiate and sustain interactions that can lead to a broad

range of friends and interests.

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TIMEFRAME ORIENTATION • I'm adaptable to changing goals and can focus easily on immediate
needs.

• I find it difficult to stick to a long-term goal if the immediate tasks

aren't rewarding in some way.

• I'm effective and productive at meeting deadlines.

• I enjoy short-term assignments with defined tasks and goals. I'm

unlikely to procrastinate if I see a reward ahead.

• My here-and-now mindset might cloud my view of an important

distant goal. I need to take special care to keep my future in sight,
and break down long-haul work into shorter-term goals.

PATTERN MEMORY • I'm drawn to things with visual patterns and memorize them easily.

• I automatically remember patterns I see and can reproduce them

easily.

• I find it easy to remember charts and images.

• I'm quick to absorb visual information like diagrams in textbooks.

HAND-EYE • I can recreate even complex physical movements just by watching

COORDINATION and mimicking other people or instructions on a screen.

• I can easily translate visual instructions to hand movements.

• I excel at learning things that take advantage of my motor memory.

• I am able to quickly translate instructions from my conscious

learning brain straight to my muscles without much delay.

VISUAL COMPARISON • My visual radar catches most glaring errors so long as I don't move
SPEED too fast.

• I'm competent at handling paperwork and proofreading my own

work.

• Spellcheck is an important review tool for me to catch those minor

errors.

• I don't mind reviewing stacks of documents or keeping records

notes.

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VISUAL MEMORY • I can remember numbers and other data when I need to, but it's
not automatic for me.

• Less important numbers might sneak off when I'm not looking so I
keep notes to help me.

NUMERICAL • I do calculations in my head when needed. I have basic math

COMPUTATION concepts at my disposal when solving problems.

• I prefer looking up practical information in tables and conversion

charts instead of working out the calculations myself.

ASSOCIATIVE MEMORY • I benefit from repetition when learning scientific terms, foreign
languages, or medical vocabulary. With practice, I can master them.

• I should take advantage of study tools like flash cards and oral
repetition when learning a foreign language or formulas.

• I can commit new information to memory as long as I devote

enough time and effort to it.

IDEA GENERATION • I can work for long periods on a single idea. This allows me to be
extremely effective on a team or project.

• I'm good at promoting and implementing ideas.

• I can come up with ideas, but doing so doesn't drive or energize

me.

• It's easy for me to stay focused without getting distracted by a

barrage of ideas.

SEQUENTIAL REASONING • I work best with established processes, guidelines, and structured
activities.

• Process for its own sake doesn’t bog me down: why reinvent the
organizational wheel?

• I need to take the time to outline and organize my ideas when

writing or presenting a plan.

• I need to have good organizational tools, like calendars, outlines,

and schedules to anchor and free me to do my best work.

• I may struggle when faced with multiple competing demands.

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INDUCTIVE REASONING • I prefer to have all the facts and dislike being forced to jump to
conclusions.

• I am aware that problems often hide behind an incomplete set of

facts.

• Count on me to keep asking questions, for me it is part of being

well-prepared.

• Urgency and pressure might cause me stress if an important

decision is at stake.

• I should try to avoid "analysis paralysis" in situations where the

stakes are moderate.

VOCABULARY • I might know more words from a specialized field or interest I enjoy
regularly.

• I need to look up unfamiliar terms. Repeated exposure to new

vocabulary will help me reach my goals.

• My current vocabulary level could be improved by reading more.

SPATIAL VISUALIZATION • I work better in the world of abstract ideas.

• I should consider fields like psychology, politics, social sciences,

business, education, and law.

• I don't spend much time thinking about visually-based ideas; I can

take it or leave it.

NUMERICAL REASONING • I don't see numerical patterns or trends automatically. I'm more
comfortable letting someone else interpret numerical data.

• I can find numerical trends using formulas if they're explained to

me.

• When I need to makes sense of piles of data, I'd rather use a given
formula than come up with a new one on my own.

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TOP 3 AREAS OF INTEREST

Social: I like helping and supportive tasks where I can have a positive impact, like Community Organizing,
Academic Advising, Counseling, Teaching, Healthcare, Religion/Clergy, Social Work, Training, and Human
Resources.

Enterprising: I like persuasive or competitive tasks that require high energy and risk-taking, like Activism,
Business, Economics, Entrepreneurship, Event Planning, Fundraising, Hospitality, Insurance, Management,
Politics, Real Estate, Recruiting, and Sales.

Investigative: I like intellectual and theoretical tasks that involve experimentation, like Computer
Science/Information Technology, Economics, Higher Education, Law, Medicine, Psychology/Psychiatry,
Research, and Theoretical Sciences.

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