How to choose a specialty for admission to a university. University status - non-state or state

Once on the bus, I overheard two girls talking. They had just graduated from high school and were calculating how much they had left before retirement?

The most resource age of a person is from 14 years to 21 years. This is the golden age of youth. On the T-shirt of one of my acquaintances it is written with acrylic paints: "There is nothing more precious than youth."

The foundation that you lay in high school and at the university will become the springboard for your success in life. Or vice versa - preparation for a long vegetation.

How to choose the right university?

In fact, there are only two ways to set goals. And there are only two ways to achieve them.
Method one: “I’ll finish school, pass the exam, see how many points I have, then I’ll go where they take me.”

This method involves passive waiting, or drifting with the flow. "Hope and wait". The goal is not set at all. Active action is not required. Just attend additional classes at school or preparatory courses, and there something will work out. Or take out the brain tutor. Let him think at night how to interest you in studies? How to motivate to do homework? He gets paid for this!
As a result - 45 points on the Unified State Examination (instead of a possible 90), admission anywhere and bewilderment in the last year: well, I studied and studied, and what's next?

Method two: “I know what I want. I know who to be, where to go and how many points I need for this. I will prepare and act.”

Only the second way can lead to a high result. If your goal is to go to medical school, you need to pass Chemistry, Biology and Russian with 90 points. There is no other way.

It's no secret that a loser always takes the path of least resistance. He is content with modest goals, adjusting them to the already formed resource.

That is, a resource that does not need to be worked on. Which does not need to be improved

What is the result? Average choice, average academic performance, average graduate level. An average specialist, a gray specialist, a non-professional, a gray life, little money, little demand, and as a result - again small goals!

The vicious circle closes. The cause affects the effect, and the effect affects the cause. The boomerang returns, smacking its sender on the back of the head.

Life is one, and what's the point of living it gray, with laziness?

"Aim for the moon. Even if you miss, you will find yourself among the stars ", - said Mary Kay, whom Forbes magazine named the most influential woman of the 20th century.

Let's define stages of proper career guidance:

1. Understand what you want, at least approximately.

2. Get clarification from a specialist. It can be a confirmation or a refutation of your ideas, because the choice is often imposed.

3. Choose a university. Find out as much as you can about him. Go to the Open Day and see where you have to study.

4. Make a list of the USE for which you will prepare. Determine the number of points

5. Cynically calculate the amount of material per day that needs to be mastered, crammed and solved. Calculate the cost of education. How much will tutoring cost?

Why do I call all these points, and not just the first one, stages of career guidance? Because career guidance is an integral and multifaceted process. It happens that at some stage certain objects become nauseating to you, and you realize that this is not what you need. Then you need to go back to point 2 and look for another career guidance specialist. There may be two, three, four, ten. After all, it is about your destiny - no more, no less.

If you are sick of cramming, this does not mean at all that you have incorrectly identified your future profession. It is possible that you are just a lazy person, and you need to accustom yourself to work. But it happens that when you enter Plekhanov, you already at the first session realize that you have landed in the wrong place, and you would like to deal exclusively with painting or design.

How to make an informed choice and not make primitive mistakes?

Some people know from childhood that they want to become a doctor or a miner. Others have no idea who to work with at all. For some, finances and school results allow them to enter any faculty, while others choose from what is available. What if you still do not know which university is better to enter? Depends on what's stopping you from making a choice.

You do not know which university is better

A good university is a vague concept. To understand which university will make a cool specialist out of a student, you need to dig through a bunch of data.

Please note that university rankings vary. Simple lists like "100 best universities in the world" are not suitable: what they evaluate is not always necessary for a future profession. Look for ratings that reflect the employment of graduates: how many specialists found a job after graduation, how quickly they got settled, and whether they work in their specialty at all.

Information for thought:

Ratings of the Expert RA agency: starting from the abstract “best university” and ending with the list of the most demanded by employers.
Monitoring of the Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation on the employment of graduates.
Rating of the quality of educational activities (also according to the Ministry of Education).
An example of the salary rating of the SuperJob portal. Look for similar selections for other professions.

If you are going to enter, and your educational institution does not appear on any list, ask the representatives of the university if graduates find work easily. Perhaps the university does not track the fate of all graduates, but at least cooperates with employers and helps in finding employment. Ask about such programs: whether they operate and under what conditions.

Connect with alumni

How do employers react to a university degree?
Did the knowledge from lectures and seminars come in handy in your work?
How do colleagues rate the university?
Are graduates satisfied with the level of salary? How fast do they move up the career ladder?

Go to all open days

Universities hold meetings with applicants to praise themselves. Walk, listen. Ask how to find a job after graduation, whether it is possible to transfer to another faculty and how to do it.

Find out more about study opportunities, trips abroad. Ask questions about the equipment in the labs and even the quality of the food in the cafeteria.

You don't know who you want to be

Don't worry if you don't have what you want to do yet. You have time to choose the business of your dreams. But if you want to act now (not to waste time or for other reasons), try to find a suitable option.

Look for jobs you don't know about

Open the directory of professions (the Ministry of Labor and Social Protection of the Russian Federation has such and such) and see who you can work with. Just read the job descriptions in order. If you like something, go to any job search portal and view the vacancies. Analyze what requirements apply to applicants and what you will need to be able to do.

Sometimes such a free search gives more than all career guidance tests.

Choose a university with a large number of directions

If in a year or two you realize that you want to do something completely different, you can find a suitable specialty within your university. Then it will be easier to transfer to another faculty and take additional subjects.

Stop at the hardest

If you have no idea who you want to be, but you still need to study (your parents put pressure on you or you are more afraid of the army than sessions), then choose a difficult specialty.

First, there is less competition in difficult areas. Secondly, if you decide to change faculty or specialty, after a difficult study, everything else will seem like paradise. Thirdly, the skills of self-discipline and overcoming difficulties are the best that a modern university can give.

Choose a practical specialty

So that you can start right after your studies or even during it. Otherwise, after university, you may find yourself with a diploma that neither you nor the employer needs.

It is better to make money in an unloved position and save money for a new business than to spend several years on crusts that are not useful at all.

You don't have money

Training is expensive. Or not?

Don't get hung up on the big name

Roughly speaking, if you want to become a mathematician, you have to become a mathematician, not a student of the Best Mathematical University. Therefore, look for the desired specialty in other universities and in other cities. Maybe you will find an option for many thousands of kilometers, but with a scholarship.

Do not stop at Moscow and St. Petersburg: there are good universities not only in them. The HSE study on education accessibility in 2016 will help to take a fresh look at the geography of education.

Go to college

Colleges are cheaper. They run the program faster. And in a few years, you will have a ready-made specialty, work and the opportunity to study at the correspondence or evening department, without thinking about how parents will pay for their studies.

Choose a university that pays good scholarships

In many universities, active and talented students are encouraged by paying them additional scholarships. The region can also help with money.

Find out if the university you are going to has such scholarship holders. Ask how they got it. There will be a trifle - to become one of the best students of the university.

Try target set

The target set is when an enterprise pays for your training, and after graduation you must work at this very enterprise. Sometimes the contract is concluded not with the enterprise, but with municipal authorities. In fact, this is a kind of educational loan, only you have to repay the debt not with money, but with work.

Find out if the university you are interested in has a target set, ask what enterprises they work with. Take the contacts of the departments that conclude contracts - and go ahead, study the conditions and features of training.

Please note that orders for the enrollment of target recipients are signed earlier, and applications must be submitted in the spring. The best time to do it all is during spring break.

School graduate checklist

If you are confused about what to do right now, check yourself with a short instruction:

Decide who you want to be.
Make a list of universities that have the desired specialty.
Cross out schools that you can't afford.
In different ratings, check the position of the remaining ones.
Choose several universities for which it is worth trying and passing exams.

Decide on the specialties you are interested in and choose universities for which they are specialized. Opt for public institutions if possible. Evaluate the prospects of each educational institution. Find out the opinion of students and graduates, look at employment statistics. Specify the admission algorithm, the list of documents, the features of the educational process. Evaluate your strengths, deal with desires and take into account the advice of teachers and employers. And now about everything in more detail.

Key selection criteria

And immediately a warning: you should not make a choice in favor of an educational institution just because it is within walking distance from your home, your close friends study there or acquaintances work. This approach rarely leads to something good. Use useful criteria as a basis, in particular:

The prospect of learning.
The quality of education.
Student comfort.
State accreditation.
budget form.

perspective learning is measured in the solution of the problems that you set for education. Most often, this is the possibility of quick employment in the specialty and the level of wages at the start of a career. It is no secret that employers snatch students from some institutes already from 2-3 courses, and from some they do not want to take students at all. Find out about the fate of most graduates - evaluate the prospects.

The quality of education again, you can measure the popularity of students of a particular university and a particular specialty among employers. In addition, it is worth looking at their academic achievements.

Over the past five years, only two teams have won at the International Student Programming Olympiad - St Petersburg University and ITMO University. And this is an indicator not only of the individual talent of the winners, but also of the quality of education in this specialty at these institutions.

Student comfort level. It consists in a developed university infrastructure, in the convenience of learning, in multilateral support and the opportunity not only to study, but also to develop as individuals. Ideally, the institute should have a dormitory with a sufficient number of places for all first-year students to live. Convenient location of buildings; the possibility of obtaining scholarships and grants; science, creativity and sports; trips to conferences and competitions are important indicators of learning comfort.

State accreditation. Ideally, the university should be public. But when we talk about accreditation, we also consider non-state educational institutions. Check it out before submitting documents. Also look for information about any scandals and incidents related to attempts to deprive the selected educational institution of accreditation. If there were precedents, then there is a high probability of their repetition.

budget form. This is not only free education, but also many other bonuses - the right to scholarships, to a hostel, to additional benefits. Moreover, state students always have a special status for some teachers, and sometimes for employers. And even if it is not written anywhere - the fact is the place to be.

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Which university to choose in Russia

First of all, the state. This is evidenced by the facts: public educational institutions have practically no problems with accreditation and have large resources to conduct high-quality educational activities.

That is why the first positions in the TOP of the best universities in Russia are occupied by state universities. By the way, according to the results of research by the RAEX rating agency, the top 5 are as follows:

Moscow State University M.V. Lomonosov.
MIPT.
MEPhI.
St. Petersburg State University.
MGIMO.

Many of the indicators on the basis of which the rating was formed remained classified. But it is difficult to argue with the conclusions, because the listed universities are indeed the elite of the Russian higher education system. By the way, such ratings are easy to find in the extended version and in structuring by the subjects of the Russian Federation. Find out which institutions are recognized as the best in the region where you want to study. Use this information to make the right choice.

How to choose an institute abroad

What should be of interest to you in the first place:

Is there a scholarship.
Is housing provided.
Does the university help with obtaining a visa.
Tests and exams to be taken.
A set of necessary documents.

The results of the USE will be of little use when entering foreign institutions - only some of them seriously take into account the achievements of applicants at home.

You will have to take internal exams in the prescribed form - you need to prepare for them. Also, be prepared to take a language test (usually IELTS or TOEFL) and provide an impressive package of documents. Preparation for admission must begin 1-1.5 years in advance.

How to choose a university for the exam

If foreign institutions almost never take into account the results of the Russian state exam, then choosing a university based on the USE scores in Russia is the best solution. All educational institutions announce the data on the total scores of applicants who entered the budget and paid places in the previous sets. They cannot be considered passing, but it is quite possible to establish approximate guidelines.

To select a university by exams and approximate scores, go to the official website of the institution of interest and look at last year's enrollment data. After that, you will be able to measure your strength with the declared bar. According to the same algorithm, you can choose a university for the subjects that you plan to take as part of the exam. It is no secret that it is necessary to declare a list of exams in advance. See what are required for admission to your chosen specialties and take them.

A common mistake many graduates make is the panic fear of passing additional subjects. They choose 3, maximum 4, and categorically do not want to take anything else.

And it is clear that it is extremely difficult to purposefully prepare for 5-6 subjects. But why not pass the maximum even without preparation? Still, 11 years of schooling was preparation, so there is a high probability that you will be able to earn a decent amount. Do not limit the set of subjects and specialties suitable for choosing to a minimum.

Point calculators and past experience

There are a lot of services on the network that allow you to select a university based on the scores received or potentially scored based on the results of the Unified State Examination. They have a fairly simple algorithm of work: data on the scores of applicants who entered specific universities for certain specialties are loaded into the database. The user enters his total points, after which he can choose a university, admission to which will be within his power.

The idea is interesting and very useful. You can use these calculators to sort out a number of benchmarks in the form of suitable options and understand which institution to choose for admission. But it is not recommended to take the received data as absolute truth. Firstly, this year applicants can “bring” completely different points. Secondly, calculators do not generate all the information, and you may miss important points. Use these services, but double-check the received data.

1. Don't box yourself in.

The USE, for all its shortcomings, has a lot of advantages. The key one is the ability to apply to any university in Russia without having to pass internal exams. Choose as many educational institutions as possible and send documents to each of them. Don't limit yourself to one institution. Do not be afraid to apply to elite universities - nothing is impossible for a person with intelligence.

2. Pass the maximum of subjects within the framework of the exam

Turn in as many items as you can. At the same time, be sure to concentrate on preparing for the key ones and give yourself a rest before the main exams - you can’t take them non-stop. But if there is an opportunity to hand over some items additionally, hand them over even without preparation. No money is taken for the sample, and you risk absolutely nothing.

3. Choose public universities

State institutions are in many ways better than non-state ones. And if there are exceptions, they prove the rule. State educational institutions in Russia do not experience problems with accreditation and the level of education here is almost always higher.

4. Check information

The websites of many higher educational institutions provide incorrect information, in particular, about the list of entrance examinations. Feel free to call the admissions office and clarify the information. Otherwise, their mistake could be your problem.

5. Find out the fate of graduates

Find information about what percentage of students of the selected university work in their specialty. Chat with alumni on social networks, find their groups and communities. First-hand information is always the most useful.

I welcome you to the pages of the site site. Since you are reading this article, it means that most likely you or your loved one will soon need to enter a university. A logical question immediately arises: “Which university to choose?” Indeed, today there are thousands of higher educational institutions that offer educational services. What should you focus on first? For a brand? For the cost of education? For student feedback? Or to something else? To systematize all the information on the topic and give you a simple and easy way to choose a university, I have written this article. So read carefully and choose your university wisely.

How to choose a university?

Most applicants until the last moment cannot decide on the place where they want to study after graduation from school or college. For many, choosing a university is a stressful situation. It seems that only a few days ago he wrote the exam, i.e. endured one stress, when suddenly another stress falls on your shoulders - admission to a university.

This is relatively easy to do now; if the exam is written well, then you will not have problems with admission. Another question: where to apply? After all, when there is a goal (a specific university), then you experience much less trouble than when there are several such goals (several universities).

Such diversification (“spraying”), on the one hand, leads to the expenditure of additional efforts, and, on the other hand, reduces the risks of non-receipt.

And yet, in my opinion, such diversification is needed. No wonder the state provides the opportunity to apply to several universities.

At the same time, it is necessary to determine the list of potential higher educational institutions. In order to make the best and most competent choice, several criteria should be taken into account. You, at your will, can form a list of criteria yourself.

I will just give you an example of the criteria that I think should be taken into account when choosing a university.

How to choose a university: the algorithm for choosing the right one

After we select the criteria, then, it is necessary to assign a certain weight to each criterion, so that in total, all criteria have a weight equal to 1. The weight shows the significance of the criterion for you. Then, in front of each criterion, in addition to weight, you should put down your assessment. The assessment shows the compliance of the university with the given criterion.

Yes, yes, I understand that you hardly understood something. It is very difficult to understand textual information immediately. But nothing! Read on, there I will put everything on the shelves so that you understand everything, without particularly straining. In the meantime, we offer you an algorithm for choosing the right university.

The algorithm for choosing the right university:

1. Define the criteria.

Someone can say: where are the actual universities? What will we evaluate? Here I will say the following: before choosing a university, you need to make a list of potential universities where you would like to go, or where your relatives want to go.

Although, practically no one knows in advance where he will go, however, probably everyone has in mind a certain potential list of universities where they could apply.

Our task is to reduce your potential list to three universities, in order to then make the final choice - where to study.

Therefore, we can add a zero step to our algorithm: “Write a list of potential universities.” Then our algorithm will take the form:

0. We write a list of potential universities.

1. Define the criteria.

2. Put down the weight for each criterion.

3. Put down the score for each criterion.

4. Find the sum of products for each university.

5. We look at the final results, choose the top three winners.

This algorithm is still useful to us. It is on him that I will rely when I show you a specific example of choosing a university.

How to choose a university: choose the right university!

So, let's not postpone the work indefinitely. Let's start with our algorithm. I will not talk about the zero step. You simply write a list of potential universities. That's all.

The first paragraph of the algorithm is as follows: "We define the criteria." Well, let's define the criteria.

1. Define the criteria.

In order not to greatly complicate your life and at the same time make the final result as objective as possible (as far as our subjective assessments allow), I propose to take 5 criteria as an example.

When you choose a university, you can take at least 10 criteria. The main thing is not the number of criteria, but their real need in evaluating a particular university.

My criteria list looks like this:

1) the cost of education and living;

2) student feedback;

3) geographical location;

4) "prestige" of the university;

5) university infrastructure (hostel, gym, library).

Why did I choose these criteria? I relied on personal experience. You may come from your personal experience or from other assumptions. Again, this is just an example to help you make your own choice of university.

For convenience, we will compile a table in which we will write our list of potential universities and criteria.

But at the same time, an example will show you the very technique of choosing a university.

So let's build a table:

After we have determined the criteria and the list of potential universities, then we need to assign weights to each criterion.

2. Put down the weight for each criterion.

What is "weight"? Weight is the significance of a factor (criterion) for you personally. For example, if it is important for you that the university is only “prestigious”, then according to this criterion you put a large weight (0.5). Or, for example, if it doesn’t matter to you exactly where the university is located, then accordingly you put a small weight (0.1) on the criterion “Geographical location”.

The main thing to remember is that all weights must add up to 1.

Let's slightly modify our plate, add a "weight" column for each criterion:

I repeat: you put down the weights yourself, guided by the rule: the greater the weight, the more important this criterion is for you.

Well, did you make a sign, put down the weights? Well done! Almost everything is already done, it remains only to evaluate each university for each criterion, multiply the weight by the assessment and get the final result.

So, let's move on to step 3 of our algorithm.

3. Put down the score for each criterion.

After you write down the weights for each criterion, then you should put down the score next to each university.

The assessment shows how a particular university meets a particular criterion. We will use a scale from 1 to 5.

Example: if you think that the cost of studying at Moscow State University. Lomonosov is quite large, respectively, you put a mark of 3, which indicates that in this university the cost of education is at the average (just for you) level.

If you give this rating, then most likely your list of potential universities will include those educational institutions whose tuition fees are significantly higher than at Moscow State University.

Again we turn to our plate, we add the column "assessment" near each of the universities:

Once you've entered your grades, the final step is to calculate the sum of the products for each university and, thus, choose the top three universities that are most suitable for you.

4. Find the sum of products for each university.

Okay, I’m not too lazy, I’ll count in detail for all universities. All for you, dear reader :)!

Let's calculate the final amount for Moscow State University. Lomonosov. Find the sum of products. We multiply the weight of the criterion by the assessment of the university, and then add the resulting products.

The total amount for Moscow State University. Lomonosov = 0,5 * 3 + 0,15 * 4 + 0,1 * 3 + 0,15 * 5 + 0,1 * 5 = 1,5 + 0,6 + 0,3 + 0,75 +0,5 = 3,65 .

Thus, Moscow State University. Lomonosov showed the final amount equal to 3.65.

Similarly, we calculate the total amount for other universities.

The total amount for the Russian State Pedagogical University im. A.I. Herzen = 0,5 * 4 + 0,15 * 5 + 0,1 * 4 + 0,15 * 4 + 0,1 * 4 = 2 + 0,75 + 0,4 + 0,6 +0,4 = 4,15 .

The total amount for the Polytechnic University = 0,5 * 4 + 0,15 * 4 + 0,1 * 4 + 0,15 * 4 + 0,1 * 4 = 2 + 0,6 + 0,4 + 0,6 + 0,4 = 4 .

Total amount for RSUH = 0,5 * 3 + 0,15 * 5 + 0,1 * 4 + 0,15 * 4 + 0,1 * 4 = 1,5 + 0,75 + 0,4 + 0,6 + 0,4 = 3,65 .

Final amount for HSE = 0,5 * 4 + 0,15 * 4 + 0,1 * 3 + 0,15 * 5 + 0,1 * 4 = 2 + 0,6 + 0,3 + 0,75 + 0,4 = 4,05 .

In our example, universities are located in the following order:

1) RSPU im. A.I. Herzen (St. Petersburg) = 4.15.

2) HSE (Moscow) = 4.05.

3) Polytech (St. Petersburg) = 4.

4) Moscow State University Lomonosov = 3.65.

4) Russian State University for the Humanities (Moscow) = 3.65.

Thus, it turns out that from the point of view of mathematics and our logic, it turns out that you should enter the Russian State Pedagogical University. A.I. Herzen. Again, this is just an example that just demonstrates the effectiveness of this technique of choosing a university.

Some of the readers, sitting in a stuffy room in the month of June, are probably thinking to themselves: “This is too difficult for me. I'm too lazy to count." I understand you perfectly, dear reader!

And yet, take a little of your time and at least think - where do you really want to study?

I do not argue, in this measure, logic rules insofar as. I already wrote somewhere that the world is ruled by 1 part of logic and 20 parts of emotions. So I cannot guarantee that by using this method you will find the best university for yourself.

At the same time, I still urge you to think before submitting documents to a particular educational institution. After all, how many people waste their time in vain, studying in a specialty that is not interesting for themselves. Learn there and what you like. Fuck all opinions - this is your life!

Conclusion: In this article, I told you about how to choose a university. I hope I helped you at least a little with the choice of your future alma mater. I want you to go where you want. Believe me, dreams come true! Everything will be awesome, I promise!

Now you know about how to choose a university.

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Choosing your profession and your path in life is not an easy task, a mistake can be costly. A person who has chosen not his own business, and learns somehow and works without pleasure. What can you advise future applicants choosing a specialty?

Lyudmila Abramova, a practicing psychologist, helped us find answers to these questions.

It is very good if the graduate has long decided on the university and specialty and firmly follows the chosen goal. But, unfortunately, such an ideal option is rare. Much more often, former schoolchildren do not know who they want to become, they enter an educational institution for the company or on the advice of their parents, or, even better, according to the principle - where they will take them with their points ...

If this happened, and career guidance did not take place (there was no accompanying program at school, tests did not help), then it seems to me that it makes sense not to fly headlong after school to the next educational institution, but to wait a year or two.

For example, I know for sure that in America it is a common thing - after school to look around for a couple of years - to mature for further education. After school, children get simple jobs, work as volunteers, gain experience in communicating in a team and receive recommendations from employers. Along the way, they read, study the proposals of universities, commit some actions, mistakes, grow up. After a while, the thirst for knowledge comes. And then a person makes a conscious choice in favor of a particular specialty.

Julio Iglesias studied for a bachelor's degree intermittently for almost 35 years! Left training, returned. He received, in the end, the coveted diploma. However, such a long path in education did not prevent him from becoming successful and becoming world famous ...

A graduate wants to enter a specialty that he likes. But for this you need to pass another, rather difficult exam. And with those subjects that have already been handed over, he will be able to enter with a guarantee, although not in such a desirable specialty. What to give preference?

If a person has firmly decided to go where he dreams, then to take or not to take the subject - such a question simply will not arise before him. He will do anything to learn and pass. But if there are doubts about the successful passing of the exam, then you can go a more realistic way, choose, so to speak, a bird in your hands ...

There is probably nothing to advise here. So I say: believe in your dream, go for it,Despite everything! But if your capabilities, your spirit, your will today are not ready to overcome certain difficulties, then you will not draw anything worthwhile for yourself from my advice.

In general, the choice of a profession does not happen once and for all, life is mobile. Maybe you will have to master a related specialty later, or you will find a job at the junction of the existing one and the one you dreamed of. Any of your choices now may or may not be successful, but only after a while you will understand what exactly you needed and what was not useful at all.

And if you want to go there and here, and in 2-3 places at once? What will help you make the right choice?

The easiest way to decide is to listen to yourself. But it is also the most difficult way. In the stream of external voices (relatives, friends, all kinds of media) it is very difficult to concentrate and hear your “I”. Try to set aside a special time for this once a day, sit alone, in silence. Go through the options in your mind, ask yourself a question, and try to hear the answer within yourself.

As a rule, after 5-10 minutes of such sitting, you will want to get up, jump out into the street, go about your business ... But it is useless to advise anything to a person who does not know how to find time to hear himself. He will listen to the voice that will “shout” louder at that moment.

Parents insist on a certain profession, make every effort to facilitate admission to the chosen university ... Trust parental instinct or still go your own way? What if there's an error?

Responsibility for one's own destiny is developed just at the age of 17-18. Although at this time there is still a "weakness" - dependence on parents (territorial, financial, psychological). Many are afraid to take responsibility for their own destiny and are often forced to follow parental orders.

And parents, without realizing it themselves, often “seize” the fate and will of their children into their own hands. They come from their experience, it seems to them that they know exactly how to live. But the world of a parent, even if he lived a long life, is the world of ONE person. Behind him you can not see the whole huge universe, not see all its possibilities!

Still, I am convinced that it is necessary, no matter how difficult it may be, to choose your own path. And don't think that you are betraying your parents. Thank them for their concern and explain that you, like them, have the right to make mistakes, to search. When to search for yourself, if not in youth?

In general, a good parent should always be there as a person who supports, but does not interfere in the affairs and fate of the child. I will make a reservation, this is very difficult, but this is the perfection of a parent - to respect the choice of their children.

What can you say about career guidance testing, how does it help?

I have done a huge number of tests and I want to say that even the most serious of them can be wrong. After all, a person answers questions, being at that moment in a certain state. The state will change - the answers will also change.

You can, of course, say, determine the direction of activity - do you like communication with people more or have a tendency to work with technology or numbers, or maybe to organize something. But nothing can replace work on oneself, self-awareness of one's individuality.

Set up a test for yourself. Do you really want to become a doctor? I would advise you to first visit any medical institution, sit in line, talk with patients, doctors, nurses. You will see that, in addition to the actual treatment of ailments and pain relief, there is still a huge amount of paperwork that needs to be filled out, there are home visits. There are such subtleties and nuances of the profession that you may not be aware of. And if after all this your decision to become a doctor does not change, then the path is chosen correctly.

If on the 2nd or 3rd year you suddenly decided to change your profession?

In my practice, I often encounter such a crisis in the middle of training. Young people usually make decisions abruptly, if they don't like it, they'll leave. But first you need to decide not where to leave, but where to go. And while there is no clear decision on the second question, it is better not to take any action. A strong-willed decision to force yourself to continue doing what you did,to study. That's when everything is clearly understood and lined up in a logical chain, you can change the university or specialty. You can just take a time out, look around and make a decision. Such periods of reflection, inner concentration are necessary for every person.

It happens that the decision is made and in fact it is necessary to leave. Here you will have to go through the entire crisis of care, and, first of all, the misunderstanding of the parents. Of course, the efforts expended on admission, money, and nerves come to the fore. But think, after all, you still got some knowledge, some experience - isn't it worth some effort and money? It can be said that you paid to understand what you DO NOT need.

Edison, inventing the alkaline battery, conducted several hundred thousand experiments. Most of them ended in failure. But even in the unsuccessful outcome of the experiment, Edison saw only an approximation to the goal by the method of eliminating unsuitable solutions.

If the choice is obvious to you, then it is better to make a turn in your destiny earlier than to regret the step you have not taken all your life later.

Five "Not" in conclusion:

1. Don't be afraid of change! Every year the number of new professions is increasing. The labor market is changing very quickly. Be ready to study all your life: improve your skills, master related specialties. Mastering a completely new specialty along with an existing one will make you a valuable specialist in demand in interdisciplinary fields of activity. Any profession you have acquired can come in handy in unforeseen life circumstances.

2. Do not think only about the prestige of the profession. The prestige of the profession should be taken into account, but only after realizing your individuality, interests and abilities. Otherwise, there is a chance to stay with a "fashionable", but not enjoyable specialty.

3. Do not look only at the external manifestation of the profession. Behind the lightness of the stage, cinematic image, the daily, sometimes quite hard and monotonous work of the actor is not visible. Find out all the details about the chosen job, preferably first-hand, before rushing with burning eyes to storm the educational institution.

4. Do not choose professions that can worsen your health. Young people are characterized by an overestimation of their physical capabilities, an inability to correlate their health status with the requirements of their chosen activity. Meanwhile, it has been proven that a profession that does not correspond to physical development and health can cause significant damage to a growing organism.

5. Don't be afraid of any of your decisions. You have the right to make mistakes, to search. Don't take the instructions literally, come up with your own creative way of choosing a profession. Develop your own plan - a list of actions necessary for choosing a profession. Go through everything step by step: analysis of offers in the education market, analysis of demand in the labor market, evaluate your abilities, inclinations, knowledge, etc.