Analysis of Students’ Profile of Different Colleges in MSEUF: Basis for a College-Specific Guidance and Counseling Program

The objective of the study was to analyze the students’ profile in the different colleges of the Manuel S. Enverga University Foundation from which a college-specific guidance and counseling program was developed. The study was conducted at the Manuel S. Enverga University main campus in Lucena City, Philippines. The results of the four psychological tests administered to the students – Student Needs Inventory, Occupational Aptitude Survey and Interest Schedule, Dimensions of Self-Concept, and 16 Personality Factors Test for three consecutive school years 2010 – 2013 – were collated and the results utilized as a basis for developing a college-specific guidance and counseling program. The study found that the top three needs of the students of the different colleges of MSEUF were recreation, moral relation, and future vocation and employment. The students of the ten colleges had specific and distinct areas of interests depending on the program that the students are taking. Generally, it was shown that the programs the students were enrolled in matched their interests. Most of the students’ dominant dimensions of self-concept were anxiety, identification vs. alienation, and leadership and initiative. Anxiety emphasized that they tended to be troubled and worrisome when experiencing problems and difficulties. Identification vs. alienation indicated that students felt they were accepted and recognized by their professors and fellow students while leadership and initiative showed that the students had an opportunity to demonstrate their master of knowledge, to help others, to give direction to group activities, to become the respected expert whom others consulted, to put forth sound suggestions for classroom activities reflecting the consensus of other students in a group, to exhibit a willingness to take the initiative in starting a project or assignment either individually or in groups and to follow it through to successful completion, and to take pride without display of conceit of one’s capabilities to do a job quickly and well. The most prominent personality factors of the students in the different colleges were apprehension, perfectionism, sensitivity, and openness to change. On the contrary, some of the insubstantial personality traits were in the areas of reasoning, liveliness, abstractedness, and self-reliance. The study recommended that (1) students be encouraged to take the psychological tests and to get the results in the guidance and testing center for assessment and counseling; (2) guidance counselors examine the findings on student-program mismatch for counseling and career guidance to place students in the appropriate program that match their interests and capabilities; and (3) programs to enhance the self-esteem and selfconcept of the students be created and implemented.