Can We Guess What Your High School GPA Was?

By: Zoe Samuel
Estimated Completion Time
4 min
Can We Guess What Your High School GPA Was?
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About This Quiz

Back in high school, just about everything seemed important; from the tangled messy romances to who made the cheer squad or football team to how well (or not) everyone scored on the end-of-semester tests, it was one big, dramatic stage. 

You probably stressed endlessly about that one important metric that everyone said would help colleges decide whether or not to admit you. Your parents or guardians constantly badgered you to raise it, your teachers fretted that you weren't doing as well as you could, and your counselor asked you what on Earth could be more important. Of course, just like every other high school drama, your GPA wasn't actually as big a deal as everyone made it out to be. 

Plenty of people had a terrible GPA and went on to good schools, great careers and fulfilling lives. Even so, it was one very useful measurement that provided a snapshot of your potential, priorities and personality at a very specific time in your life. 

So tell us about how you spent those years, and we'll guess what your GPA really was!

How often were you tardy?
Never
Monthly
Weekly
All the time

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Did you have a lot of extra-curriculars?
Only one
Many
A couple
None

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Were you on a sports team?
No
Yes, and I was in theater or band.
I was on a different one each season.
One

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Did you have your eye on a top four-year college?
I dreamed of Ivy League schools.
A four-year state school was my goal.
I was aiming at community college.
I never thought of going to any college.

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How ambitious are you?
I will be a CEO one day.
Fairly
As long as I can raise a family, I'm good.
I'm not.

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Was there anything troublesome going on at home that affected your study?
No, I'm very lucky.
I just had typical sibling stuff.
My parents were really struggling.
I lived in a really difficult area.

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How good was your school?
World class
Good
Adequate
Terrible

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Was there somewhere quiet in your home that you could study?
I could study quietly anywhere in the house.
My room was quiet.
It depended on who else was home.
No, it was too crowded.

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How long was your commute?
15 minutes or less
25 minutes
40 minutes
An hour or more

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Were you bullied by the other kids?
Sometimes
Not really
No
Yes

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Did you talk back to teachers?
Never
Once in a while
Often
Daily

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Were you ever suspended?
Of course not!
I narrowly escaped it and ended up with a month of detention.
Once
More than once

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Were you popular?
Nope
Fairly
Very
Somewhat

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Did you have a favorite teacher who inspired you?
More than one
One
No, but they weren't bad.
I don't even remember most of them.

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Did any of the teachers bully you?
I had teachers that pushed me to do better work.
No. Teachers do that?
There was one who hated me for no reason.
Yes, that happened in more than one class.

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Did your parents have high expectations for you?
Of course!
I think so.
Not really
Definitely not

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Did you just assume you would continue on to further education?
Yes, everyone in my family did.
Yes, because I'd need it to get a good job.
I didn't think about it very much.
How could anyone just assume that?

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What sort of city or town did you live in?
A prosperous large town
A prosperous small town
A not so prosperous large town
A large city with a lot of inequality

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Did your school have a good arts or drama department?
Yes, and I was heavily involved with the arts.
Yes, but I wasn't involved.
The department was passable.
No, that was cut because of lack of funding.

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Did your teachers care about more than teaching to the test?
Absolutely, the school had an entire ethos.
Yes, though it wasn't always possible.
Not really
I think they were mostly worried about maintaining order in the classroom.

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Did you dream of a vocational career?
No, that's not what kids from families like mine do.
It crossed my mind, but only briefly.
I thought about it quite a bit.
That sounds awesome and was certainly the goal.

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Did you do anything like woodwork or automotive training?
No
Yes, and I didn't like it.
We had some of that, and it was fine.
We had a couple classes, and I loved them!

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How many books were in your house?
Over 5,000
About 1,000
About 500
Under 300

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Did you pack a lunch, or was it served at school?
It was served there.
It depended on the day.
Mostly packed lunch.
We mostly got free school lunches.

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Did you wear a school uniform?
Yes. We even had a tie.
No, but we had a dress code.
No, we wore whatever.
Ha!

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What time did you do your homework?
As soon as I got home
Before dinner
After dinner
I didn't have much, and I honestly didn't do much of it either.

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Did you pass notes during class?
No
Occasionally
Yeah, in some classes
All the time

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Did you ever nod off during school?
Only once
Sometimes
Weekly
Yes, I was really tired and sometimes, just hungry!

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How much of the day did you spend watching the clock?
I never did that unless it was a really bad day.
I would start after lunch.
I would start after mid-morning break.
All day

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What do you think of the idea that your schooldays are the best days of your life?
Clearly, it gets way better later.
I totally get it.
I think it's probably true for some people.
I fear that this is true, in which case, oh dear.

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