Discover potential

What am I good at? At school or in your free time? What am I interested in? What am I really enjoying? What am I volunteering for? What do I like to get up early for? What tendencies run through my life?

Answering these questions yourself and conducting an interview (at the moment by email or phone) with family or friends is usually the first step. At the moment, that might also help to get rid of one or the other boring minute.

Furthermore, various online tests a support option.

In the step "discovering potential" there would also be an opportunity to think about what you would like to do in a future job: How do I imagine my life in 10 years? How would I like to work in the future? What should absolutely not be part of my job?

You can now see your potential in front of you. Well-known and probably also new. Which potentials do you describe most aptly, which ones fit together? Do you have any idea in which study and career direction this could lead you? Follow this trail! In the next step we will show you some tips. If you have no idea at first, please contact the students advisory service and we will continue our research together.

To inform

In the second step, you should obtain extensive information: Which Degree Courses are offered? What content do they have? Where and in what form is my desired course offered? What requirements are necessary? What jobs can I do with a degree?

The following offers can help you to find out more...

... about studying at the THM :

• Information pages on the THM - Degree Courses n
• THM
• Videos about studying at the THM
• the website to Studium Plus, the dual course of study at the THM

... about studying in general/nationwide:

• the Higher Education Compass
• Job portals such as www.whatchado.com

Before you start your studies, you can still find out more online about the following topics:

• Study funding/scholarships
• Studying abroad
• Accommodation

Don't forget to make a few notes about the information collected. This can be in the form of a mind map, for example. This compilation makes the next step "Compare" easier.

Compare

In order to compare the options found in the third step, you can, for example, create a table with the information collected and compare the alternatives using criteria:

You can also give the various criteria an additional weighting (very important, less important, ..., not important/only for information) and thus prepare the next step "Decide". You might be able to think of another way to compare the different options yourself.

Decide

Have you already decided on a course of study? Then congratulations!

But maybe you need some support. We have put together a few useful tips for you in this step:

What has helped me make decisions in the past? How does it feel when I imagine having decided on the course? Do I feel good or not if I imagine the consequences of the decision?

When it comes to personally important issues, many people find it difficult to make a decision. Head and stomach are often in opposition to each other. We would be happy to help you in a telephone consultation - or later in person.

You can also get tips for your way to the decision from books. You can find decision-making methods and exercises to fill out, for example, in "Tillmann Grüneberg: With the right questions about the right course of study". This and other books are also available digitally, for example at hessen.onleihe.de

However, most likely no one can give you 100% certainty about the decision. Because you will only notice whether the course is developing according to your expectations once you have started your studies. Obtaining extensive information beforehand can, however, minimize the risk of a detour.