Can We Guess What High School Clique You Were Part Of?

By: Zoe Samuel
Estimated Completion Time
4 min
Can We Guess What High School Clique You Were Part Of?
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About This Quiz

There are people out there who believe with every fiber of their being that your school days are the best days of your life. We're happy to report to folks who are still in school that these people are definitely wrong. High school has some wonderful upsides, for example that you mostly don't have to pay taxes, nothing aches when you wake up in the morning and you get to try all sorts of things for the first time. However, it's also a minefield, socially speaking.

Cliques have been with us since long before there was such a thing as a high school, but they do tend to get particularly stratified in that particular setting. We're all familiar with the key ones that tend to show up in any school over a certain size. There are the jocks, whose athletic prowess and good looks confer power and privilege in the eyes of the school and other students. There are the cool girls, who are beautiful, wealthy, and powerful, and often pretty darn mean, but still win Prom Queen. There are the burners and the dropouts, who are making bigger decisions about their futures than they've realized. There are band, art, and theater geeks, then there are the leaders: the honors students who are both part of the school establishment and well-liked among the student body.

Which of these sounds like you? Tell us a little about yourself and we bet we can figure it out!

At what age did you have your first growth spurt?
9
21 (seriously)
13
15

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Would you have called yourself weird at the time?
No, and I'd have punched anyone who said I was!
Oh, yes
Not really
In some ways

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Did you ever keep a journal in high school?
No. That was for losers.
Of course, and it was very long and detailed!
Yes, my careers adviser said it would help with college applications.
Yes, sometimes

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How did you feel when the start of a new school year approached?
Excited!
I dreaded it.
A mix of feelings
Annoyed summer was over but otherwise philosophical

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Did you have a lot of interests outside school?
No, none
Yes, thank goodness!
Yes, one or two
Most of mine were.

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Did you ever spend time on the school campus that wasn't compulsory?
Yes, for practices and pep rallies
Only for rehearsals
Yes, for student council, model UN, choir, etc...
No, I wasn't insane.

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How did you get on with the typical teacher?
They knew better than to mess with me.
I had a friend or two among them then the rest ignored me.
They loved me!
Some liked me, some didn't.

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What sort of grades did you typically get?
Terrible
Good
Perfect
Excellent

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If you didn't have a uniform, what would you wear to school on a given day?
Sporting clothes
Something eccentric
Nice jeans and a cute top
A comfortable skirt and top

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How caught up were you in high school popularity contests?
They were my life!
I was mostly just crushed by them.
I won, but I didn't try very hard.
I ignored them.

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How did you get to school?
My car
Bus
Parents dropped me off
Subway or walking

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Was your relationship with your family strong?
They were my biggest fans.
Mostly, though I wondered a lot if they'd prefer me to be different
It was good—they were proud of me but also very demanding.
They were my BFFs and still are.

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How many extracurriculars did you do?
Just the sports teams
Just one of band/theater/art
All of them
None, generally

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How much money would it take for you to go back and do it all again, knowing what you know now?
I'd pay to do it!
There isn't enough money in the world.
I'd do it for free.
$1,000,000

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Did you know what you wanted to be when you grew up?
I had no idea!
Yes
Of course—and now I am!
It varied depending on when I was asked.

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If you had a conflict between class and your primary extracurricular activity, which usually won?
The other thing would win.
Class would win, but only reluctantly.
Class always won.
This never came up for me.

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How many tardy slips were you likely to receive in a given year?
12 or more
5
0
2-3

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Did you date anyone in high school?
Yes, I got plenty of dates.
I didn't even kiss anyone until after college began.
I had one serious partner.
No, though I had an outside boy- or girlfriend for a while.

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Would you have considered yourself popular?
Yes
No
Very
I wouldn't have cared either way.

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What kind of relationship did you have with unpopular kids?
I saw them as ants to step on for fun.
I was them.
I saw them as little people to shield under my wing.
I saw them as individuals—some were great, some not.

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Be honest: Do you look back and think you might have been one of the bullies?
I know I was. I'm not sorry!
I was on the receiving end.
I was more of a protector from bullies.
I was neither bully nor bullied.

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If you had a free period, how did you spend it?
Throwing a ball
Playing an instrument
Studying
Writing a novel

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What was your school's primary anti-bullying mechanism?
I don't think it had one.
The occasional pointless talk
They had a zero-tolerance policy and sometimes they even enforced it!
Breaking up cliques, classes, etc by constantly changing who you saw during the day

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Did you ever run for a member of the student council or a similar body?
Only for a joke
I wanted to, but the teacher laughed at the idea.
Yes. I won.
LOL no

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What was your primary activity outside school?
Joyriding
Painting
Internships
Hanging out with friends

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Did you ever cut class just for fun?
Yes, many times
No, only to avoid bullies
No, I could be coughing up phlegm and I'd show up.
Once or twice

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How would you feel about your future child having a high school experience just like yours?
Delighted
Horrified
Proud
Ambivalent

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In what sort of town was your school located?
Small town
Big town
City
Suburbs

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How involved were your parents in the life of the school (eg PTA, fund-raising, etc)?
Very
Not at all
They donated money, but that's all.
They showed up for parent-teacher night and that was it.

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If you ever got sent to see the principal, what happened?
They told me they couldn't do anything because the school donors liked my throwing arm.
They gave me detention.
We'd discuss school matters. I was student body president, so it was our job.
This never happened.

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