Take the STEM Compass assessmentSee the STEM Farm tracks
What the assessment measures
280 items in five modules — what you love to do, how you work, fifteen STEM working traits, thirty real situations, and where you want your work to land — matched against forty careers in eight families. Then a sixth module drafts your mission, vision and values in your own words. Progress saves as you go; it is free and complete today.
Life sciences career test. Most career tests stop at a type. This one measures fifteen STEM working traits and eight kinds of impact, then matches the whole profile to careers and to a path from zero. Life sciences span the clinic, the lab and the field. Empathy points toward care, meticulousness toward the bench, patience and practicality toward the field.
Careers the Washington, DC economy leans on
13 counties across District of Columbia, Maryland and Virginia; 13 metro. Economies: 6 government and 1 tourism and recreation. Flags: 7 housing stress.
Counties in this labor market
Metros around Washington, DC
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Questions people ask
How is a "life sciences career test" different from a personality type test?
A type test gives you a label. STEM Compass gives you a profile on fifteen working traits and eight kinds of impact, then a directional match against each career — a number you can explain, not a letter code.
Does it cost anything?
No. The full assessment is open at tienesesto.org/stem-assessment, and every result links to a STEM Farm track that starts from zero.