What's different in the teen version
The original Rice Purity Test was designed for college students aged 18 and older, and the final 10–15 questions cover topics that aren't appropriate for younger audiences. This version of the test removes the heaviest items entirely — you won't encounter questions about pregnancy, paid sexual acts, voyeurism, incest, bestiality, or the most graphic intercourse variations. What remains is the substance of the test: questions about romance, friendships, social experiences, substance use, and encounters with authority.
The core scoring is identical. You still start at 100 and subtract a point for each box you check. Your final number means roughly the same thing — a snapshot of your life experiences against a fixed list. The list itself has just been refined to remove the items that wouldn't legally or ethically apply to most teenagers.
What teen scores typically look like
Aggregate data on Rice Purity Test results suggests that respondents under 18 average around 91 — substantially higher than any other age group. The reason is straightforward: most of the experiences cataloged on the test simply haven't happened yet for someone in their early or middle teens. Scoring in the 85–100 range is the norm, not the exception.
That number drops significantly between ages 18 and 24, where the average falls to about 88, then continues declining through the mid-20s as life experiences accumulate. If you're a teen taking this test, the score you get today will almost certainly be higher than the score you'll get a few years from now — and that's normal. The test isn't a measure of who you are, just where you are right now.
Why this matters
The test was originally created at Rice University as an Orientation Week bonding activity for incoming freshmen — students who had just turned 18. The questions were calibrated for that audience. Over the decades, as the test spread online, younger and younger people started encountering the unfiltered version. That has created some genuinely uncomfortable moments for users who weren't expecting the heaviest questions to appear.
This adapted version exists because teens are taking the test anyway. Better to provide a thoughtfully filtered version than to pretend the traffic doesn't exist. The questions that remain are still honest about themes like alcohol, dating, and other social experiences — these get framed in age-appropriate language but aren't censored, since hiding them would defeat the purpose of the test.
A note on parents and privacy
Like every version of the test on this site, your answers never leave your browser. Nothing is saved to any server. Your score isn't tracked or associated with you in any way. If you choose to share your score with friends, only the final number is shared — never the individual questions you checked or didn't check.