Fuzzy Simple Additive Weighting for Polytechnic Major Selection Based on High school student Interest and Ability

Abstract

Getting success in Profesional career for every worker is dependent on skill. A great motivation give energy in learning process, academic and career life. A school Counselling teacher only able to guide students based on Student's major at High school. It is not adequate to select College major based on ability and talent only. The selection in College major have not decided by Academic capability only but also influenced by talent. Nowadays, College student candidates difficult in selecting College majors in National Selection of State Polytechnic Entrance or Seleksi Nasional Masuk Politeknik Negeri (SNMPN) because there is not Interest and Ability testing in the beginning process of the Selection. This research using Fuzzy Simple Additive Weighting (SAW) methode to select some Polytechnic majors using talent and ability by using some criterias as follows: High school accreditation, Report score and Extra curricular achievement to select College Students more appropriate based on Interest and Ability so the percentage of college students to finish their study in College is high. Preference score for every alternative with Fuzzy Simple Additive Weighting Methode matched on 45 data from 70 data tested. Candidate students are able to select more appropriate major for them by using Fuzzy Simple Additive Weighting by getting the highest score on their most appropriate major by using following scores: School accreditation score, Subjects score on School Report and Student's Extra Curricular Achievement.