Self Assessment

Getting to know yourself—your interests, your skills, and your values, is the first step toward deciding on a major and a career.  Personal exploration can also play a key role in student success.  By identifying and capitalizing on strengths and recognizing and learning strategies for minimizing barriers, students become better positioned to achieve personal, academic, and professional goals.

Below are some self-assessment tools and books that we recommend to get you started on your journey.   For a more in depth evaluation of your needs and goals please contact the Success Center to set up a meeting with a Success Coach or Peer Educator -  Success@tulane.edu.

Self-assessment tools:

**You are required to register the first time you visit the Website, and then on each subsequent visit, use your e-mail and the personal password you chose to log in.

Note: Do What You Are asks for your Student ID Number when you register. We recommend that you do NOT use your social security number as your student ID.

Recommended Reading:

• Enhancing Learning Through Self-Assessment – David Boud
• How Full is your Bucket: Positive Strategies for Work and Life- Tom Rath
• What Color is your Parachute?- Richard Nelson Bolles
• Now, Discover your Strengths- Marcus Buckingham
• Go Put your Strengths to Work- Marcus Buckingham
• This is Water- David Foster Wallace
• The Four Agreements- Don Miguel Ruiz
• StrengthsFinder 2.0- Tom Rath
• Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us - Daniel Pink
• Flourish- A Visionary New Understanding of Happiness and Wellbeing-  Martin E.P. Seligman
• Driven to Distraction: Recognizing and Coping with ADD from Childhood to Adulthood-  Edward M. Hallowell, MD
• The Now Habit: A Strategic Program for Overcoming Procrastination and Enjoying Guilt-Free Play – Neil E. Fiore
• The 8 Cylinders of Success: How to Align Your Personal & Professional Purpose – Jullien Gordon
• Punished by Rewards: The Trouble with Gold Stars, Incentive Plans, A’S, Praise and Other Bribes- Alfie Kohn