Have you ever taken an Aptitude test?

All of the tests in my younger days showed great aptitude for language and reading, and poorly, poorly, for math.

For years now, I'm a "number cruncher" that can't type but can run the heck out of an adding machine.

I still read a lot, so I guess they were only half wrong.......
 
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I looked ahead at the coming tests, and there were several pages of diagrams and complex box shapes, and one with pulleys (as in, can you tell which pulley will lift the most weight). I'm in big trouble. (I may take that test tonight when my DH is at raquetball.)
 
I took the PSAT and ACT. I got 1560 on the PSAT, and a 30 on the ACT.

I also took some state tests, which in Michigan is the MEAP test; since those are taken pretty much every other year, all I can say is that I passed them. I don't remember specific scores.
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I took two teaching certification exams and passed both with good scores.

Right now, I'm studying for the GRE. It's very hard because one can't use a calculator on the math part, and although I can do advanced math, I am a bit slow at solving problems without a calculator. bleh...
 
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I took several - they ranged from Attorney to Mechanical Engineer.

In H.S. I took the ASVAB for Marine OCS and made the highest ten-year score for a female in the region.
 
Yes, and they all disagreed with each other. Looking back on them, I concluded that basically anyone can learn any particular skill for a job if they apply themselves to study, but it's the unwritten part of the job description (e.g. "patience of a saint," "junior high social skills," "clinically significant sociopathy") that determine whether or not you will be truly successful in that field.

The first such test I took said I should be a museum curator. Since I really despise working with the public, and I hate kissing butts for money (the actual work of most museum curators), this is clearly not the field for me. However, the Department of Labor and many school guidance counselors mistakenly believe that a museum curator studies various culturally significant items and writes articles about them for National Geographic or something. I really wish they'd put honest job descriptions written by the people who actually do that job in these sorts of tests.

Scientist requirements:
-Reasonable grasp of mathematics and physics
-Can tolerate multiple decades in higher education with low pay
-Problem-solving creative thinking
-Masochistic Type A personality
-Fairly conservative in word and deed. When scientists do something well, we get a Certificate of Appreciation in a handsome plastic frame. When we screw up, it's usually on CNN. Thus we are risk-averse as a rule.
-Ability to be flexible on biological requirements, such as food, drink, and sleep.
-Must not believe in meritocracy as a rule. It'll just make you bitter.
 
I've taken several over the years. They all say I should be a mathematician, a scientist, an engineer, an architect, a researcher, an inventor etc. I'm a civil engineer, so they pretty much nailed it.

None of them ever said anything about raising chickens... Hmmm...
 
I remember those things. Mine ususally said something along the lines of scientist, vet, researcher and so on. Guess it wasn't too bad. Got first degree in bioengineering and am working on a cell and molecular bio for the next one.
 
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I HATE all forms of tests - why because my nerves get the better of me and I lose all memory! So much so that rather than go to night school for anything and risk having to take a test (I dont like classroom situations) I teach myself as much as possible Takes longer but I ususlly get there in the end. For me at least the Uni of Life has been the greatest teacher of all. Rambling now.......
 

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