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Your Interests
• Interest inventory: Take a look at your career map. Seeing the
similarities and differences between Career Areas can help you think
about where to start exploring, but the Map does even more. As part
of Pre A C T or Pre A C T 8/9, you were asked to complete an interest
inventory. If you completed it, your results are shown on the Career
Map. The shaded parts of the Map show Career Areas that align with
your preferred work tasks.
• Career areas: Find the Career Areas in the shaded parts of the Map.
Which basic work tasks do they involve? Select some Career Areas
that look good to you now. Information (such as work tasks, salary,
growth, and entry).
• Region 99: What does it mean if your interest inventory results are in
Region 99? Your pattern of interest scores does not suggest a clear
direction at this time. Think about your preferences for the four basic
work tasks (people, data, things, and ideas). This can help you select
Career Areas to explore.
On Target for Your Career Area?
One way to see if you will be ready for college is to compare yourself to
successful college students. The Prole for Success can help you do this.
The Prole for Success shows a range of ACT Composite scores typical
of successful college sophomores—those having a B grade average or
higher.
When you completed Pre A C T or Pre A C T 8/9 you were asked to choose
one of 26 Career Areas containing occupations you like best. We used
your answer to make the Prole for Success relevant to you. The Prole
for Success score range on your report is based on successful college
sophomores in majors related to the Career Area you chose. (No Prole
for Success score range is reported if you did not choose a Career Area.)
By comparing your predicted ACT Composite score range to the Prole
for Success score range, you can see how you are measuring up. If your
score range overlaps or exceeds the Prole for Success, you are on track.
If your score range falls short of the Prole for Success, it’s a good time
to look more closely at the occupations in your preferred Career Area
and learn more about the type of work and preparation needed. This
can help you build a plan for improving your readiness to undertake
that preparation.