You worked through all one hundred questions, counted up your yes answers, and landed on a 60. Now comes the inevitable question: is 60 a good rice purity score? The honest answer is that there is no official “good” score — but a 60 sits in a fascinating middle zone that says a lot about the life you have lived so far. Let us break down exactly what that number means.
First, a quick refresher on how the scoring works. Everyone starts at 100, and each “yes” answer subtracts one point. A score of 60 therefore means you checked off forty items on the list. The questions cover dating, relationships, parties, travel adventures, minor rule-breaking, and other coming-of-age experiences. Forty yes answers paints the picture of someone who has genuinely lived a little — not sheltered, not reckless, but somewhere comfortably in between.
In practical terms, a 60 often describes a typical college student midway through their journey. You have probably been on dates, been to parties, tried new things, and collected a fair share of stories worth telling. At the same time, sixty unchecked boxes remain — plenty of experiences you have not had, whether by choice, circumstance, or simply because life has not presented them yet. It is the score of balance: adventurous enough to have fun, grounded enough to have boundaries.
Context matters enormously, though. A 60 means something different for a high school sophomore than it does for a college senior. Friend groups develop their own unspoken averages, and cultures and family values shape which boxes get checked in the first place. Someone raised in a strict household might see 60 as daring, while someone from a party-heavy social circle might see it as tame. Neither view is more correct — the number only has meaning relative to your own life.
It is also worth asking why “good” is even the question. The Rice Purity Test was never designed as a moral report card. A higher score does not make you a better person, and a lower score does not make you a worse one. Scores get shared on social media like trophies or confessions, but the healthiest way to read yours is as a snapshot — a fun, imperfect reflection of your experiences at this moment in time, nothing more.
So what should you do with your 60? Share it with friends if you want the laugh and the comparison, or keep it to yourself — both are perfectly fine. Retake the test in a year and watch how the number shifts as life happens. And remember that the friends worth keeping will not judge you for a number on a quiz. If you would like a deeper breakdown of how scores are interpreted across the whole 0–100 range, the guides at ricepurityest.com walk through every band in detail.
The quiz itself began as a student tradition at Rice University, which is where both the test and its playful scoring system come from. And if you are curious about that history — how a dorm-room checklist became a worldwide phenomenon — continue reading.