16 but I am an intellectual snob.

I think you could score fairly low on this quiz if you were say the first generation American of Italian Catholic immigrants (if they went to college). Any very family-centric culture where one wouldn't eat a lot of fast food, socialize with people unlike themselves (in pol and rel) would score fairly low.

I think it is possible for women to score lower on this quiz than men, especially if they had very over-protective parents.

I do think the PP who said that the movie questions were skewed towards white people was right. To the person who argued about Nielsen ratings, please use some common sense. The guy that wrote The Bell Curve was racist.

I got a 37. I grew up here with two gov't lawyers for parents, so I would say I'm second gen upper-middle class that gets out a lot. Living in a couple of small towns after college helped. And my husband came from lower income, so that helped my score too. For those keeping track of how this breaks down across the races, I'm also AA (black).

21, which is less bubbly than I expected. I think it's because I work with and am friends with a couple of evangelical christians - but without the work connection I wouldn't probably come across many.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I got a 34. Would have been higher if they'd let me count the marching band and cheerleading letters. Boo.

It said to answer yes for marching band.

Answer "Yes" if you got any high school varsity letter except for the debating team or chess club — or if you were a cheerleader or in the marching band.[i]

so, EXCEPT FOR means no. As I said - BOO!

NP here. Except for refers to debating team or chess. If you were a cheerleader or in the marching band you are supposed to answer yes. The punctuation could have been better though, it does sound a bit misleading.

35 points. Grew up in the Midwest, but my family's always been middle class and my parents and all grandparents attended college. (all but my one grandmother graduated.)

42. And yeah, I am first generation upper-middle class.

I got 14.

A second-generation (or more) upper-middle-class person who has made a point of getting out a lot.

Funny, my parents were fairly poor, neither completed elementary school. Dad worked as a tailor. Must be my upper middle class upbringing from a past life .

Anonymous wrote:18 and I'm AA. Sort of surprising, sort of not. All four of my grandparents have advanced degrees, which is my typical or AA families.

15 and I am African. My greatgrandfather was one of the first physicians of my country, attended St Andrews U for medical school, my grandfather graduated from the Sorbonne, my father went to Princeton.

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Anonymous wrote:I got a 34. Would have been higher if they'd let me count the marching band and cheerleading letters. Boo.

It said to answer yes for marching band.

Answer "Yes" if you got any high school varsity letter except for the debating team or chess club — or if you were a cheerleader or in the marching band.[i]

so, EXCEPT FOR means no. As I said - BOO!

I got a 26, and like the others who posted earlier, the description is pretty accurate of my background. Now definitely high income living in Cleveland Park, but grew up more middle class and retain some "low brow" preferences and/or experiences. Also grew up in the South so some of these life experiences are easier to come by down there (like being friends with an evangelical Christian, for example).

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Anonymous wrote:52. Grew up in a very different environment than the one I now live in.

Ditto, got a 54

Hello friends, I got a 52.

44. "11–80: A first-generation upper-middle-class person with middle-class parents. Typical: 33."

That's about right.

Anonymous wrote:29 the description isn't far off -- " A second-generation (or more) upper-middle-class person who has made a point of getting out a lot.

This is me too - my score was 28.

Bingo, me exactly.

I got a 33.


"11–80: A first-generation upper-middle-class person with middle-class parents. Typical: 33."