Rice Purity Test

This is not a bucket list. Completing every item would be dangerous, not aspirational.

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What Is the Rice Purity Test?

The Rice Purity Test is a 100-question self-reported checklist about life experiences. It covers dating, intimacy, alcohol and substances, rule-breaking, and everyday mischief. You start at a perfect 100. Every box you check lowers your score by one point.

People take it out of curiosity, to bond with friends, or to see how their experiences compare with their peers. It takes about five minutes, and your result is a single number between 0 and 100.

What it is, and what it is not:

• It IS a self-report checklist. Your score reflects what you say you have done.
• It IS entertainment and a conversation starter for most people who take it.
• It is NOT a medical or psychological instrument of any kind.
• It is NOT a measure of your worth, character, or morality, whatever your score.
• It is NOT administered or endorsed by any university.
• It is NOT a bucket list. The original test carries the famous caution that completing every item would be dangerous, not aspirational.

How Your Score Is Calculated

The math is simple: 100 minus the number of boxes you check.

Check 23 boxes and your score is 73. Check nothing at all and your score is 100. Check all 100 and your score is 0. There are no trick questions, no weighted items, and no partial credit.

How it works:

1. Read each question and check the box for everything you have done.
2. Submit the quiz when you reach the end.
3. Your score appears instantly, calculated in your browser.

A few questions use the abbreviation MPS. It stands for “Member of the Preferred Sex,” the test’s old-fashioned way of saying someone you are attracted to.

One thing worth knowing: your score reflects things already done. If you retake the test honestly a year from now, your score can stay the same or go down, but it cannot go back up.

What the 100 Questions Cover

The 100 rice purity test questions fall into a handful of themes. Here is what each part of the test asks about, in plain terms.

This mix is why two people with the same score can have very different stories. A 70 built mostly from mischief questions looks nothing like a 70 built from the intimacy section, even though the number is identical.

What Your Score Means

Once you have your number, here is the rough map most test sites use to describe it.

An important note about this table: these bands are conventions invented by test sites over the years. No two sites draw them exactly the same way, and none of them are official. Treat the bands as rough orientation, not as grades.

In general, a higher score tends to reflect fewer of the listed experiences, which usually (but not always) tracks with being younger or living a quieter lifestyle. A lower score reflects more of them. That is all the number says. No score is good or bad on its own, and the test says nothing about who you are as a person.

Take the test above to find your band, then read on for what the numbers really mean.

For a full band-by-band breakdown, see our rice purity score meaning guide.

What Is the Average Rice Purity Score?

Here is the honest answer, which most sites will not give you: no rigorously published large-sample average exists. No university, research body, or survey organization publishes an official average Rice Purity Test score.

What you will find online instead are estimates. Figures like 45 to 65, with about 63 commonly cited as a midpoint, are informal community estimates drawn from individual test sites’ own traffic. They are not scientific norms, and they should not be treated as targets.

What we know vs what is claimed:

• What we know: no published study establishes a definitive average score.
• What is claimed: specific numbers like 63, or precise age-group averages, all without a verifiable source behind them. Treat every such figure as an estimate.

Rather than chasing a single number, keep the context in mind. Averages shift with age and setting. Younger groups score higher on average, college groups lower. Comparing your score to one floating number on the internet is misleading, because the “average” depends entirely on who happened to take the test on that particular site.

If you want a rough sense of where you stand, the most honest comparison is with people like you: similar age, similar setting. Even then, treat it as curiosity, not a verdict.

A Short, Sourced History of the Test

The Rice Purity Test is older than the internet, and its history is better documented than most people realize.

• 1924: The student newspaper The Rice Thresher publishes a 10-question survey of 119 female undergraduates at Rice University, under the headline “Rice Girls Not Quite Half Bad.” This is the documented origin of the purity test concept. (Wikipedia’s “Purity test” article, citing Thresher archives; also reported by the Daily Californian in 2022.)
• 1988: The Thresher publishes an expanded 150-question version of the test. (Wikipedia, citing Thresher archives.)
• Circa 1980: Purity tests begin circulating online in early internet communities. 1994: The first web-based purity test appears. (Wikipedia.)
• December 2020: The Innocence Test, a modernized 100-question spinoff created by best friends Grace Wetsel and Ella Menashe, goes viral on TikTok. About 1.3 million people take it within 24 hours. (Capital FM, 30 December 2020.)

One clarification: you will often read that the test was “created in the 1980s.” The modern 100-question form did rise to prominence in the 1980s, but the documented roots go back to 1924. Both facts are true; neither tells the whole story alone.

Beyond the milestones, the test has stayed in the cultural conversation. In 2021, The Independent covered its Gen Z revival on TikTok, and student paper The Trail later criticized what the trend says about campus culture. Folklorists have even studied purity tests as a form of “questionnaire parody,” a folk tradition that reflects how social norms shift from one generation to the next. Few internet quizzes can claim a paper trail that long.

Is the Rice Purity Test Accurate?

Short answer: it is exactly as accurate as your honesty, and it was never designed as a scientific instrument.

Three reasons to take any result lightly. First, self-report bias. People misremember, round up, or answer the way they wish were true. Second, the questions are unweighted. All 100 count equally, though the experiences they describe differ enormously in significance. Checking “held hands” and checking something far more serious each cost exactly one point. Third, group-setting distortion. Scores shift when friends are watching, whether through bragging, shyness, or peer pressure.

What the test IS good for: starting conversations, reflecting on your own experiences, and a few minutes of entertainment. What it is not: a psychological assessment. It measures reported experiences, and it says nothing about your character.

It also helps to remember what the test cannot do. It cannot tell whether your experiences were positive or negative, freely chosen or pressured, memorable or forgettable. A checked box for a wild spring-break story and a checked box for a quiet regret count exactly the same. The number flattens all of that into a single digit, which is why two identical scores can describe completely different lives.

Common Misconceptions

Rice Purity Test vs the Innocence Test

In December 2020, best friends Grace Wetsel and Ella Menashe created the Innocence Test as a modernized take on the classic. It went viral on TikTok, with about 1.3 million people taking it within 24 hours (Capital FM). It keeps the same 100-question, 100-minus-checked format, but rewrites the questions for contemporary life: dating apps, DMs, fake IDs, and sexting replace the outdated items.

Which should you take? If you want the classic experience everyone references, take the Rice Purity Test. If you want scenarios that match life right now, take the Innocence Test. Many people take both and compare the two numbers.

One more difference worth knowing: the classic test’s questions assume a fairly traditional college experience, which is why some of them feel dated today. The Innocence Test was built specifically to fix that, swapping in scenarios its creators actually recognized from their own lives.

You can try our Innocence Test right here.

More Purity Tests on This Site

Rice Purity Test for Couples. Take the classic test side by side with your partner and compare scores. Our guide covers the ground rules that keep it fun: take it separately first, share scores before answers, and never turn it into an interrogation. Take the couples version.

Phone Addiction Purity Test. A 100-question check on your screen habits, from mild (checking your phone at dinner) to heavy. Same format, modern subject. Take the phone addiction test.

Crush Purity Test. The lighter, romance-themed version, focused on crushes, dating, and butterflies. A gentler entry point if the full 100 feels like a lot.

Is It Anonymous?

Yes. Your score is calculated in your browser the moment you submit. This site does not ask for your name, your email, or any account. There is nothing to sign up for and no profile attached to your result.

For the full details on data handling, see our privacy policy.

One practical tip: if you are on a shared device and would rather not leave the page in the browser history, use a private or incognito window.

Frequently Asked Questions

1. What is the Rice Purity Test? It is a 100-question self-reported checklist about life experiences, from dating and intimacy to substances and rule-breaking. Your score starts at 100 and drops by one for each box you check. Most people take it for fun, curiosity, or to compare with friends.

2. How is the score calculated? 100 minus the number of boxes you check. Check 23 boxes and your score is 73. Every question counts equally, and there is no partial credit.

3. What does my score mean? Roughly, higher scores reflect fewer of the listed experiences and lower scores reflect more of them. The band table above gives the common interpretation, and our score meaning guide breaks down each band in detail.

4. What is a good score? There is no good or bad score. The number reflects experiences, not worth, and it shifts with age and circumstance. Anyone telling you a specific score is “good” is giving you their opinion, not a fact.

5. What is the average Rice Purity Test score? No rigorously published large-sample average exists. Figures you see online, like 45 to 65, are informal estimates from individual sites’ own visitors, not scientific norms.

6. Is the test anonymous? Yes. Scoring happens in your browser when you submit, and this site asks for no name, email, or account. See the privacy section above for details.

7. Can I retake it, and can my score go back up? You can retake it anytime. But since the score reflects things already done, an honest retake can only keep your score the same or lower it. It cannot go back up.

8. Is the test accurate or scientific? It is not a scientific instrument. It is as accurate as your honesty, and factors like self-report bias and unweighted questions limit what the number can tell you. Read the accuracy section above for the full picture.

9. What does MPS mean? MPS stands for “Member of the Preferred Sex.” It is the test’s old-fashioned phrasing for someone you are attracted to, and it appears in several of the questions.

10. Where can I take the official test? The genuine official test, run by the Rice Thresher student newspaper, is at ricepuritytest.com. This site is an independent version offering the same classic 100-question format, plus spinoff tests you will not find there.

11. Is the test appropriate for teenagers? The classic 100 questions cover adult themes, including intimacy and substances, so it is framed for adults. Younger readers should check with a parent or guardian before taking it.

Ready to see your number? Scroll back up to the quiz at the top of this page and check your boxes. Then explore what your score means in our full score meaning guide, or try a spinoff: the Innocence Test, the couples version, or the phone addiction test.