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First of all, I think it’s really awesome what you do, analyzing the sortings and stuff! When I got into beta I was sorted in Ravenclaw, and I was quite happy with it, although I’ve always felt more like a Gryffindor. When I retook the test two months ago, I was sorted in Gryffindor. Now I’m actually curious if I’m more a Ravenclaw or a Gryffindor, so I answered all the 27 questions and I hope you can tell me in which house I belong the most. I’m also really curious which houses would be third and fourth, if I'm more a Slytherin or a Hufflepuff

Thank you very much in advance!

1. What would you least like to be called? Cowardly > Ordinary > Ignorant > Selfish

Gryff > Slyth > Claw > Puff

What do you want people to remember about you once you’re dead? Achievements > Adventures > Miss and smile > I don’t care

Claw > Gryff > Puff > Slyth

Brew one potion to guarantee: Glory > Wisdom > Love > Power

Gryff > Claw > Puff > Slyth. Glory-first is uncommon (glory and power tend to be much less popular than wisdom and love.) 

Want to be remembered as once dead? The Wise > The Bold > The Good > The Great

Claw > Gryff > Puff > Slyth

So 2 Gryff, 2 Claw. Evenly split so far!

2. You enter a magical garden. What do you look at first? Statue > Tree > Pool > Toadstools

Gryff > Claw > Slyth > Puff. However, it's important to note that Ravenclaws are also split between the statue and tree: nearly as many Ravenclaws give the Gryffindor answer as give the Ravenclaw one! 

Favorite Instrument: Violin > Piano > Drum > Trumpet

Slyth > Claw > Gryff > Puff. Drums and trumpet tend to be less popular overall (although not so much as to actually mess up the Sorting in a huge way; drums is still Gryffindor's #1, trumpet Hufflepuff's.) 

Four boxes are set before you. Which do you open? Pewter > Black > Tortoiseshell > Golden

Gryff > Slyth > Puff > Claw. Again, Ravenclaw's answer tends to be disfavored (even by Ravenclaws, who tend to go for Slytherin's box quite often) because the Ravenclaw box is the only one with an explicit downside

Four goblets are placed before you. Drink the: Golden > Silvery > Purple > Black

Gryff > Claw > Puff > Slyth. Slyth's goblet tends to be last (or first for some people) because of the hallucinations.

Favorite Smell: Parchment > Sea > Home > Fire

Claw > Slyth > Puff > Gryff

So 3 Gryff, 1 Claw, 1 Slyth for Q2.

3. Saving stuff in order: Cure > Book > Records

Gryff primary, Ravenclaw secondary, but this question is hugely biased towards Gryffindor. This answer is the #1 answer of every single House, even though Hufflepuff and Slytherin don't get points for it. Over 75% of Gryffs, 50% of Claws, 35% of Slyths, and 25% of Hufflepuffs choose it! Basically, the question's not as good as it could be because these results are so very biased. (It would be even worse if I had more Gryff and Puff Sortings! Records-first answers are least common, with records>book>cure being the absolute worst - meaning that Slytherins, who put the cure last, and Hufflepuffs, who like records, are relatively disadvantaged.) 

What would you rather be? Praised > Imitated > Liked > Trusted > Envied > Feared

Gryffindor (Slyth secondary) > Ravenclaw > Hufflepuff > Hufflepuff/Gryffindor > Slytherin > Slytherin

Again, this question is problematic, but your answer isn't quite as bad. There is a big problem with using it to figure out if you're Gryff or Claw because right now Ravenclaws only have one answer associated with them (if they have another, they're not choosing it) and because Gryffindor has the top 2 answers (praised + trusted = nearly 2/3 of the answers overall!) So I'd consider that most people wouldn't place imitated anywhere near the top (it's usually last or second-to-last in ranked Sortings), and that it's Ravenclaw's #4 answer at the moment - Claws go for trusted, praised, and liked before they pick it. (Trusted is the most problematic answer: over 50% of Claws give it but don't get points, about 50% of Gryffs and Puffs pick it, and it's Slytherin's #2 answer even though they don't get points.) This is actually the single worst question on this entire quiz because of the weight it gets and because it's so lopsided.

Which of the following do you have the hardest time dealing with? Being ignored > Loneliness > Hunger > Cold > Boredom

Slytherclaw > Huffledor > Huffleclaw > Slytherpuff > Gryffinslyth

This is the best of the Q3s, with no huge bias to any answer. 

4. Favorite Hogwarts Subject: Castle secrets > Transfiguration > Everything > Apparition > Flying > Magical Creatures > Hexes and Jinxes

Gryffindor > Ravenclaw > Ravenclaw > Slytherdor > Huffledor > Hufflepuff > Slytherin

Superpower: Invisibility > Change appearance > Change past > Read minds > Speak to animals > Strength

Gryffindor (possible Puff secondary) > Slytherclaw > Slytherdor > Ravenslyth > Huffleclaw > Hufflepuff (possible Gryff secondary) 

Change appearance is overpowered, but not a concern here.

Favorite Magical Creature to Study: Centaurs > Ghosts > Merpeople > Werewolves > Goblins > Vampires > Trolls

Ravendor > Gryffinclaw > Slytherin > Huffledor > Slytherclaw > Slytherpuff > Hufflepuff

Again, this is a biased question - the top 3 creatures overall have Gryffindor weighting, and the most popular creature (ghosts) has the most Gryffindor weight! 

Your Q4s lean more Gryffindor.

5. Cheating classmate: Ask classmate > Lie > Truth > Don’t wait

Gryff > Puff > Claw > Slyth. Should note that Q5 is a really poor way to determine "am I a Slyth or not?" because so many Slyth answers are flat-out awful. Even Slytherins refuse to choose them.

Troll Confrontation Confuse troll > All three > Volunteer > Draw lots

Claw > Slyth > Gryff > Puff. This is how most people rank them (and yeah, draw lots ranks up there with trolls as "worst Puff answer ever.") 

Four Paths Ancient buildings > Woods > Grassy lane > Lantern-lit alley

Claw > Gryff > Puff > Slyth

Most Frightening Nightmare Eye in keyhole > Friends and family don’t know you > Heights > Silly voice

Gryff > Puff > Claw > Slyth (again, no one chooses the Slyth nightmare)

Peculiar, Magical cry: Discover source > Proceed with caution > Withdraw > Stand ground

Gryff > Puff > Claw > Slyth (again, nobody picks Slyth's.)

Muggle confronts you: Ask why > Walk away > Mental Health > Jinx

Claw > Gryff > Puff > Slyth (again, nobody picks Slyth's)

3 Gryff/3 Claw on Q5. 

6. Dawn - Ravendor

Moon - Slytherclaw, although Ravenclaws actually go for stars more often than Gryffs.

Forest - Gryffinclaw

7. Black - Slytherdor

Heads - Ravenpuff

Left - Ravenslyth

So you're actually pretty well-split. You probably lean slightly more Gryffindor than Ravenclaw overall because of Q3/4 (which are worth more), but you have to balance that with the quiz actually having a pro-Gryffindor bent, particularly on some of those Q3s (your cure order and praised are both answers that are tilted to Gryffindor and are therefore problematic - it's hard to determine what you should be when an answer is such that it doesn't differentiate. If people from all 4 Houses pick the Gryffindor answer all the time, is it really a Gryffindor answer? I don't think so - I think that it's a problem with the quiz having answers that are way too appealing for everyone.) 

For the Slytherin vs. Hufflepuff debate, you have more Slytherin answers than Hufflepuff - but you also have more Slytherin options ranked last than Hufflepuff, so it depends on how you want to look at it. Again, you have to consider that certain questions are biased against one House or the other (most Q5s are anti-Slytherin in nature; trolls, draw lots, the instrument are naturally anti-Puff.) 

Going straight by "How many answers do I have for each House?" it's Gryff #1, Claw #2, Slyth #3, and Puff #4, but I'd call you a true Gryffinclaw Hatstall (though I doubt you'll ever see one - they're ridiculously hard to get, accounting for only about 0.03% of all Sortings.) But if you take into account the quiz's biases, I'd say it's about an equal split between the two (the least-biased question set would give you "being ignored," a Slytherclaw answer, with a Q4 that's at least going to be partially Gryffindor.) There's a slight edge to Gryff on Q2, but that's balanced by the Claw edge on Q6/7. 

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