Answer the classic 100 question Rice Purity Test online. Your responses stay private, your score is calculated instantly, and you can compare with friends in seconds.
The Rice Purity Test is a list of 100 plain statements about things people do as they grow up. You read each one and mark it if you have done it. Nothing is scored as good or bad. The number you get at the end is simply 100 minus the count of items you marked, so a higher number means fewer of those experiences and a lower number means more of them. That is the whole formula, and it has stayed the same since students at Rice University started passing the list around campus decades ago.
People often expect the test to reveal something deep about their character. It does not. It reflects opportunity, timing, upbringing and personality far more than it reflects any kind of moral standing. A person who spent four years in a dormitory in a large city will meet more of these situations than someone who studied from home in a quiet town. Same person, same values, very different score. Read the number as a snapshot of circumstance, not a verdict.
Every question carries the same weight of one point. There are no hidden multipliers, no weighted categories and no secret adjustments. When you finish, we count your marked items, subtract them from 100, and show the result along with the range it falls into and a short description of what that range usually looks like. You also see how your answers spread across broad topic groups, which is often more interesting than the single number.
The calculation happens in your browser as you answer. Your individual responses are never attached to your name, and we do not ask for one. If you choose to create a free account, we store only the final score and the date so you can look back later and compare. Skipping the account is completely fine and changes nothing about the test itself.
A score between 98 and 100 means you have encountered almost none of the listed experiences. This is common among younger takers and among people who simply have not been in the situations described. Between 85 and 97 you are still on the higher end, with a handful of the milder items marked, usually social ones like staying out late or a first drink.
The 55 to 84 band is where most college students land. It typically covers ordinary social life, relationships, some drinking and the usual run of late nights and questionable decisions that come with living away from home for the first time. If your number sits here, you are firmly in the middle of the pack, which is exactly where the average has sat for years.
Between 35 and 54 the list starts to include more of the bolder items. Scores in this band are ordinary for people in their twenties who have travelled, lived in shared houses, worked in nightlife or simply said yes to a lot of invitations. Between 15 and 34 you have marked a wide spread of the list, and below 15 you have covered nearly all of it. None of these numbers are a problem. They describe a longer or busier list of experiences, nothing more.
Across the people who take this test, the typical result clusters in the high fifties and low sixties. The reason is structural rather than cultural. The first third of the list covers very common experiences that almost everyone marks, the middle third covers things that depend heavily on social life, and the final third covers items that only a minority will ever mark. That shape naturally pulls most results towards the middle. If you see a claim online that the average is far lower, it usually comes from a self selecting group rather than a broad sample.
The test only works if you answer it for yourself. Read each statement once, decide, and move on. Do not weigh how a friend would react or how the number will look in a group chat. If a statement is ambiguous, apply the ordinary reading rather than hunting for a technicality that lowers or raises your count.
Take it alone the first time. Comparing afterwards is half the fun, but answering while people watch over your shoulder tends to nudge results in whichever direction feels socially safer, and then the number stops describing anything real. There is no time limit. Most people finish in five to ten minutes.
Groups of friends, roommates and teammates have used this list as an icebreaker for years, and it works because everyone is answering the same questions with the same rules. Where it goes wrong is when a low number becomes a badge or a high number becomes something to defend. Both readings miss the point. Two people can differ by thirty points and have led equally full lives. If comparing starts to feel like ranking, share the range instead of the exact number, or keep it to yourself entirely.
We do not require an account, we do not ask for your real name, and your individual answers are never published or sold. Scores that signed in users save are visible only to that account. If you want a saved score removed, you can delete it from your profile, or contact us and we will remove it for you. Nothing about the test requires you to identify yourself.
Is there a right score? No. The test has no correct answer and no pass mark. Is it scientific? No. It is not a validated psychological instrument and it was never meant to be one. It is a shared list that happens to be a good conversation starter.
Can you retake it? As often as you like. Many people take it once a year and watch the number drift downward as life happens, which is the most honest thing the test does. Does the list change? The version here follows the classic 100 item format so that your result is comparable to the scores people have been sharing for years.
The test is free, it needs no sign up, and it works on phones, tablets and desktops. Answer the hundred statements, see your number, read the range it falls into, and share it if you feel like it. Whatever you get, treat it as a record of what you have done so far rather than a measure of who you are.