Your Pottermore House

[Zeelee]

What Pottermore house are you in?
Gryffindor

Is this the house you identified with before Pottermore?
Yes and no. I see a bit of each house in me. I'm ambitious like a Slytherin, I value knowledge (and crave it) like a Ravenclaw, I value hard work like a Hufflepuff (anything half-assed incenses me) and I value daring and nerve in Gryffindor.

If not, are you still happy with the house? Do you think the Sorting Hat made a mistake or do you think this gives you some new insights into your personality?
I'm extremely happy with my house. Yes, I was surprised but mainly because I had no idea what house I would be in.

Does your house placement make sense to you based on the way you answered questions during your sorting?
Yes and no. I had some very "Ravenclaw" type questions, the rest seemed to be really random. Thinking back I think I see where it leaned towards Gryffindor when sorting me.

Have other people you know been sorted into predictable or surprising houses?
None of my friends are nerdy (*cough*dedicated*cough*) enough to read the books, let alone participate in online discussions and Pottermore. They go and see the movies and get confused but I just tell them to shut up and read the books (I can't be bothered trying to explain everything over and over again).

Have people (either you or your friends) getting sorted into certain houses changed your opinions of those houses?
For me no. I never saw any house as being "the bad house". Each house have their own traits and I fully respect that. To be honest I don't think I could see myself in Hufflepuff. Nothing against you Hufflepuffs, but I don't think it's for me.

[Miss_Gaunt]

What Pottermore house are you in?

I'm in Ravenclaw.

Is this the house you identified with before Pottermore?

Oh yeah. It was my favourite house while reading the books, and I usually got it on sorting quizzes, so I was delighted to get in. I'm starting to wish I was in Slytherin now though.

If not, are you still happy with the house? Do you think the Sorting Hat made a mistake or do you think this gives you some new insights into your personality?

I'm very happy.

Does your house placement make sense to you based on the way you answered questions during your sorting?

Yes. For some of my questions, I was drawn to the Ravenclaw answer straight away and, when I was torn between some of the answers, I deliberately picked the more Ravenclaw sounding one. I think that was only the case for the first two questions though, so I probably would have got in regardless.

Have other people you know been sorted into predictable or surprising houses?

I know someone who self-identified as Hufflepuff but got Ravenclaw. I had a feeling she wouldn't get Hufflepuff but I think her answer to

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the 7parter about Hogwarts

might have swung it that way for her. She answered it the same way I did.
I know another person who really wanted Hufflepuff, but got Gryffindor. I think Gryffindor suits her better, but she wanted Hufflepuff so much she did the quiz 4-5 times to get it.

Have people (either you or your friends) getting sorted into certain houses changed your opinions of those houses?

Not really. I really didn't want Hufflepuff, but I think that's more because I would prefer to be in Ravenclaw, rather than dislike for the house.
I thought there was a possibility of getting Gryffindor (especially after I got my wand) but I realised how un-Gryffindor I was when I was answering the questions.
Slytherin never really factored for me, I do like the house and would have been happy to be there, but I didn't think it was very me,and those answers didn't appeal to me either.

[HazelLumos43]

Some things to discuss on this thread:

• What Pottermore house are you in?
Gryffindor

• Is this the house you identified with before Pottermore?
This is the house that I wanted to be in. I try to make bold and daring decisions in my life, but I didn't think I'd be sorted into Gryffindor. I thought I'd be a shoe-in for Ravenclaw. But I'm very happy that JK Rowling thinks Gryffindor is my home.

That being said, I could see all four houses' characteristics in my personality.

• If not, are you still happy with the house? Do you think the Sorting Hat made a mistake or do you think this gives you some new insights into your personality?
I'm happy. I think it's made me realise that my determination to overcome anything (I've had a few really rough years) is one of the strongest features of my personality. It's strange how a test like this can make you believe in yourself a little more.

• Does your house placement make sense to you based on the way you answered questions during your sorting? (Please talk about these only in a general way and avoid posting exact questions and answers; see post by SusanBones below.)
I think so. I did give some answers that I thought were very Ravenclaw, but I guess I was wrong.

• Have other people you know been sorted into predictable or surprising houses?
Unfortunately, I feel like I'm the only South African on Pottermore. None of my friends hunted for the Magical Quill.

• Have people (either you or your friends) getting sorted into certain houses changed your opinions of those houses?
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[canismajoris]

Originally Posted by BrianTung

I've heard that from a lot of folks, but statistically, it really doesn't follow. Evenness says nothing about whether the Sorting is random. There is no difference, with respect to the student counts, between randomly selecting students and Sorting them accurately (whatever that might mean, Platonically) and randomly selecting students and Sorting them randomly. Each could equally likely end up with the current student counts. Or with different student counts, too--it's trivial to do it randomly and end up with wildly different student counts. One simply adjusts the probabilities.

There could be evidence of randomness in the Sorting--but evenness isn't it.

I don't think randomness is really the issue though, because that would just be disappointing. More nearly, I believe some people have been wondering if the number of students in each house is one of the variables considered by the sorting process in addition to the answers provided by the user.

Personally though, I felt like a number of my answers were completely arbitrary. I'd be thrilled to believe that how I respond to a set of images, numbers, and ideas in a brief quiz on a Harry Potter website can reflect my personality and value system... but I don't. I'm in Slytherin because the website says I am. There is no way of knowing where I'd really be should the school and the sorting hat really exist. I hate to say it, but since it's fictional, even the author's word is a best-guess approximation, so I caution people not to take their sorting too personally.

[batangyagit]

• What Pottermore house are you in?

Slytherin

• Is this the house you identified with before Pottermore?

In other forum yes, but here in cosforums I'm in Ravenclaw

• If not, are you still happy with the house? Do you think the Sorting Hat made a mistake or do you think this gives you some new insights into your personality?

Of course I do, it doesn't matter which house I will be in as long as the users in that house are nice luckily my fellow Slytherins were helpful to beginners and those who in need.

• Does your house placement make sense to you based on the way you answered questions during your sorting? (Please talk about these only in a general way and avoid posting exact questions and answers; see post by SusanBones below.)

I think yes, and I feel evil answering those questions.

• Have other people you know been sorted into predictable or surprising houses?

Yes, he wants to be in Ravenclaw but ended up in Slytherin but I think that Ravenclaw and Slytherin is almost the same.

• Have people (either you or your friends) getting sorted into certain houses changed your opinions of those houses?

I don't know what's the opinion of my brother but for me it doesn't change anything cause I think that Slytherin can't be pure evil

[SunSparks]

• What Pottermore house are you in?

I was first sorted into Hufflepuff. I'm now in Slytherin.

• Is this the house you identified with before Pottermore?

Not in the least on either account. Although I could believe Slytherin much more readily than Hufflepuff.

• a.) If not, are you still happy with the house?
b.) Do you think the Sorting Hat made a mistake or do you think this gives you some new insights into your personality?

a.) Re: Hufflepuff - Absolutely not happy. Miserably unhappy. Want to quit and never go there again unhappy. Go to the absolute scummy bottom of unhappiness then dig down about 50 feet further unhappy.
Re: Slytherin - Yup. It's okay. I'm just so happy not to be in Hufflepuff anymore it's like being handed a big glass of cold ice water after crawling through a desert.

b.) Re: Hufflepuff - The Sorting Hat must've been high.
Re: Slytherin - It was a surprise at first and I thought I didn't belong there either. Then I remembered the video of Jo saying "Sorting Hat results are final" and thinking "Oh Yeah? We'll see about that that!" and I considered a moment and thought "Well then. Considering the steps I've taken to be where I am now I probably belong here."

• Does your house placement make sense to you based on the way you answered questions during your sorting? (Please talk about these only in a general way and avoid posting exact questions and answers; see post by SusanBones below.)

Re: Hufflepuff - Not at all. 5 of the 7 questions during this sorting were obvious and as far as I could tell I didn't answer any straightforward Hufflepuff ones, although I did answer them honestly.

Re: Slytherin - Same result. I answered honestly again but couldn't tell which way it was going until I got there.

• Have other people you know been sorted into predictable or surprising houses?

Definitely. There are people on this forum I was certain were going to be in Slytherin who ended up in Hufflepuff, and vice versa. It boggles. I have a strong suspicion the whole thing is random.

• Have people (either you or your friends) getting sorted into certain houses changed your opinions of those houses?

No. All I know of the houses is what JKR tells me, and her info has been consistent since I began reading the books, and remains consistent now in Pottermore. If that public opinion is to change then, for example, Jo needs to write stories with a hero from each house, told from that house's perspective.

[Hes]

Remember that having several accounts is against Pottermore's Term of Use, so we rather not have any talk of them. Thank you.

[Yoana]

• What Pottermore house are you in?

Hufflepuff.

• Is this the house you identified with before Pottermore?

Not at all. In fact, I've identified with all other houses but this one at certain points of reading the series.

• If not, are you still happy with the house? Do you think the Sorting Hat made a mistake or do you think this gives you some new insights into your personality?

No. In fact, I haven't logged in to Pottermore since I was sorted as I have zero motivation to win points for a house I don't care for nor identify with.

No, I don't think it made a mistake as it's a programme and not a sentient being, but I don't think it gives me insight into my personality either.

• Does your house placement make sense to you based on the way you answered questions during your sorting? (Please talk about these only in a general way and avoid posting exact questions and answers; see post by SusanBones below.)

Not at all. At least half of the questions seemed extremely random. Also, how can the Sorting Hat know my reasoning for choosing what I chose? They weren't exactly specific questions.

• Have other people you know been sorted into predictable or surprising houses?

I haven't discusses Pottermore much with people here or offline, so I have no idea.

• Have people (either you or your friends) getting sorted into certain houses changed your opinions of those houses?

I don't see how it could - my opinion of the houses is based on the 7 novels, if it does change it would be through a different interpretation of the books, not because of something unrelated to the story such as sorting of real people.

[gertiekeddle]

• What Pottermore house are you in?

Slytherin.

• Is this the house you identified with before Pottermore?

I didn't identify with it, but I was very open to join which ever house I'd get.

• If not, are you still happy with the house? Do you think the Sorting Hat made a mistake or do you think this gives you some new insights into your personality?

I like the sorting questions so I don't think the Hat made a 'mistake', but I don't relate to my house description. It is imo fine for Slytherin and fits very good. It's just not me and as such I don't feel comfortable with the aims I should hunt for now.
I believe I know myself good enough to know that a five-minute online quiz can't seriously provide me with any hidden insights on my personality. But it's still fun to see where I ended up. Green is my favourite colour and as that looks good on my profile, though.


• Does your house placement make sense to you based on the way you answered questions during your sorting? (Please talk about these only in a general way and avoid posting exact questions and answers; see post by SusanBones below.)

I couldn't tell from the questions. Some seemed to very obviously hint at one house, but not necessarily. Some were very open. For such a short online quiz, the creators did a very good job. I actually didn't mind for a certain house, but just clicked what I liked best.


• Have other people you know been sorted into predictable or surprising houses?

Not really. While the quiz as said imo belongs to the better-made sorting quizes, it's still just a very short one. From the books I don't really believe that a character can be sorted into one and only one house anyway. It's a bit what JK hints at too: many people would rather belong to two or more houses. Just that this wouldn't work as good as an educational feature as the four houses do.

• Have people (either you or your friends) getting sorted into certain houses changed your opinions of those houses?

No, my image of the houses on Pottermore is exactly like the one I had while reading the series. And I believe one must be aware that an online feature is no magical Sorting hat as given in Potterverse. It can't really detect our characters. It doesn't matter that JK knows the houses best and as such the house descriptions are perfect - as long as the Sorting itself still runs over five minutes only, the users of Pottermore won't be described accurately. A character of a person imo can't be discovered by a few random multiple choice questions.

Still, and also I'm personally not relating to my house, I like the feature a lot. It couldn't have been longer without spoiling the fun character of the site, the same time it's quite good for such a short quiz and seems to put people into rather fitting houses for the most part. And the graphic is neat as is the whole Pottermore site.

[bellatrix93]

What Pottermore house are you in?

Slytherin House, .

Is this the house you identified with before Pottermore?

Yes, I've always been sorted into Slytherin; on several online tests (though, I might have cheated on one or two..) and here on CoS.

If not, are you still happy with the house? Do you think the Sorting Hat made a mistake or do you think this gives you some new insights into your personality?
I believe I was sorted into the 'right' house, but still one of the questions (a question about which characteristic I identify with the most, or something like that) has made me notice something about myself, which I haven't really thought about before, and that was totally Slytherin.

Does your house placement make sense to you based on the way you answered questions during your sorting? (Please talk about these only in a general way and avoid posting exact questions and answers; see post by SusanBones below.)

I remember only four of the questions I got, and now that I think of it, only two of them make sense in terms of the house I got sorted into. But when I was answering, none of the questions were obvious, as to where they would lead me.

Have other people you know been sorted into predictable or surprising houses?
I was a bit surprised with the sorting of one or two people, but most people I know, have got into the houses I always thought they belonged in.

Have people (either you or your friends) getting sorted into certain houses changed your opinions of those houses?

I don't know, really. Myself, I never thought of Slytherin as a bad house, so what new stuff I learnt about it from JKR, wasn't really surprising, it was what I always thought about Slytherin.

[Lotoc_Sabbath]

• What Pottermore house are you in?

Ravanclaw ( )

• Is this the house you identified with before Pottermore?

No it was the one I was the most distant with and in which I would have never in my life seen myself.

• If not, are you still happy with the house? Do you think the Sorting Hat made a mistake or do you think this gives you some new insights into your personality?

No I'm absolutely dissapointed the sorting hat made a mistake as I made it, the questions were too ambigious and in 75% of them I could have answered in various way. I responded as naturally as I could but still I find it wasn't made for me.

• Does your house placement make sense to you based on the way you answered questions during your sorting? (Please talk about these only in a general way and avoid posting exact questions and answers.

As I said before I can't be satsfied with the answers, they weren't good for me and in many of them I couldn't decide, I simply gave the first thing that came in to my mind after have read them without trying to give natural answers because in first place I was completely undecided.


I had done 5 online tests before this one and in 4 I was sorted Hupplepuff, in one Gryffindor but never Ravenclaw and I was happy with that since I really didn't see me in there by no aspect. I wasn't sorted in Slytherin neither but even though I am a little ambitious and rule-breaker I am a very joyful person, really rarely sad and absolutely pacifisct, enviroment-frindly and with 0 prejudice so even tough I can see a part of me in the house I couldn't see the 90% of myself there so I hadn't problems there.

[MerryLore]

• What Pottermore house are you in?

Ravenclaw

• Is this the house you identified with before Pottermore?

Yes. I've taken many Sorting House quizzes, and I've always been placed here. I had considered myself a Slytherin until the quizzes, and I knew very little about Ravenclaw, but once I started being sorted there, I started reading up and realized it was a perfect fit. Reading the Welcome Letter on Pottermore further solidified that. I'm bookish, analytical, independent, original, and a bit "airy." Even the name I chose was OwlCat.

• Does your house placement make sense to you based on the way you answered questions during your sorting?

I was completely honest with my answers, so I'd have to say, "yes."

• Have other people you know been sorted into predictable or surprising houses?

I know people who self identify as Slytherin but found themselves in Ravenclaw, and vice versa. The ones who got Slytherin seem happy. Some of those who got Ravenclaw seem to be less so. My guess is that the members of Ravenclaw, based on the Welcome Letter, seem a bit "odd" to them - a little too original. Some thought Luna was an outlier. She wasn't, but neither was Flitwick.

• Have people (either you or your friends) getting sorted into certain houses changed your opinions of those houses?

Not at all.

[ignisia]

• What Pottermore house are you in?

Ravenclaw.

• Is this the house you identified with before Pottermore?

Oh, definitely. I've always valued intellect above, well, most other things and love learning.

• Does your house placement make sense to you based on the way you answered questions during your sorting? (Please talk about these only in a general way and avoid posting exact questions and answers; see post by SusanBones below.)

I don't remember the questions all that well, but to keep it vague, I do remember answering one that definitely seemed to point to Ravenclaw because the picture resembled the Ravenclaw common room. But before that, I answered something that seemed Hufflepuff in nature.
I was trying my best to pick the honest answer, but often took forever thinking answers over. Yeah, I'm totally a Ravenclaw.

• Have other people you know been sorted into predictable or surprising houses?

Seems to be a mixture of both. A lot of people have gotten their dream House, and others have gotten something different.

• Have people (either you or your friends) getting sorted into certain houses changed your opinions of those houses?

Not really. I think all people have the qualities of all the Houses inside them (and even some others ) to one degree or another.

ETA: On wand woods...Mine seems very Gryffindor, and that's the House I identify with least.

[bellatrix93]

Originally Posted by Lisl_Loveheart

EDIT: I now read the answers above and I'd like to share a theory that I have: the wand chosing questions have a weight in the house sorting! I'll explain why: my wand wood's description is so Hufflepuff it hurts! I would be surprised if there was any student in another house with a pear wood wand. Maybe it's just my case, but please take a closer look at the wand wood description you got and tell me what you think of this theory.

I wouldn't be surprised if the wand-selection answers are taken into account in the Sorting. My wand wood is Pine, and the description leans towards Slytherin more than any other house. Though it wouldn't be really far-fetched, if someone from another house has got Pine for wand wood.

[moony_aiuola]

What Pottermore house are you in?
Gryffindor ¬¬

• Is this the house you identified with before Pottermore?
No, absolutelly not!!!!!!!

• If not, are you still happy with the house? Do you think the Sorting Hat made a mistake or do you think this gives you some new insights into your personality?
I'm not a gryffindor... I don't care about pottermore says, I'm not! If it was Hogwarts, I would quit the school! There was a mistake, for sure. I have no trace of gryffindor. You can find a little of the three other houses, but I challenge any of you to find any gryffindor sign in my personality!

• Does your house placement make sense to you based on the way you answered questions during your sorting? (Please talk about these only in a general way and avoid posting exact questions and answers; see post by SusanBones below.)
Only one... one question could make me be on gryffindor, I guess... but most of the questions had no answer for me... I meant, I did not recognized me with any of the options... and this is bad... I guess that if the sorting hat was real, I would be sent home with a letter: "choose another school!"

• Have other people you know been sorted into predictable or surprising houses?
Most of my friends are surprised, or furious, with that... some disappointed... a few happy

• Have people (either you or your friends) getting sorted into certain houses changed your opinions of those houses?
Don't know about the other... but I hate Gryffindor! This is enough for me to quit pottermore and forget about it....

[MerryLore]

Originally Posted by bellatrix93

I wouldn't be surprised if the wand-selection answers are taken into account in the Sorting. My wand wood is Pine, and the description leans towards Slytherin more than any other house. Though it wouldn't be really far-fetched, if someone from another house has got Pine for wand wood.

My wand in Poplar, Unicorn core, and Rigid. Supposedly this means I have strong morals, am opinionated and am unlikely to become a politician or participate in the Dark Arts.

This fits me (honestly) but I'm not sure it screams Ravenclaw.

[Daggerstone]

• What Pottermore house are you in?
Ravenclaw

• Is this the house you identified with before Pottermore?
I'll play nice and pretend you didn't ask that.

• If not, are you still happy with the house?
Truth be told, I would've been fine with book!Raveclaw.
Pottermore!Ravenclaw, however...

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• Do you think the Sorting Hat made a mistake or do you think this gives you some new insights into your personality?
A bit of both, I suppose:
[snark]the fact that I wear live animal hats and watch pastry musicals when depressed doesn't really have all that much bearing on my personality. Then again, I do use smoke signals a lot...[/snark]

• Does your house placement make sense to you based on the way you answered questions during your sorting? (Please talk about these only in a general way and avoid posting exact questions and answers; see post by SusanBones below.)
Probably. I refused to perpetuate the stereotype in one or two and went for common sense instead.

• Have other people you know been sorted into predictable or surprising houses?
Some came as a surprise. Then again, I don't know the people in question personally so it's really hard to tell.

• Have people (either you or your friends) getting sorted into certain houses changed your opinions of those houses?
Nope. But welcome messages sure as Hell did.

Originally Posted by Lisl_Loveheart

Maybe it's just my case, but please take a closer look at the wand wood description you got and tell me what you think of this theory.

Questions might be relevant, but the wand itself is not - if it were, I'd be related to Malfoys.

[Hes]

• What Pottermore house are you in?

Ravenclaw

• Is this the house you identified with before Pottermore?

Yes, I am a Ravenclaw here as well. But any of the other houses would have been ok I guess.

• Does your house placement make sense to you based on the way you answered questions during your sorting? (Please talk about these only in a general way and avoid posting exact questions and answers; see post by SusanBones below.)

Yes. I can't really remember the questions to be honest.

• Have other people you know been sorted into predictable or surprising houses?

There have been a few surprises. But most sortings have been predictable. I think some people actively look for a house and others not. But I don't think it matter much in which house you end up in. Unless you are a person who identifies so much with a house that you are unhappy about it and get emotional. But most people I know are grounded enough to remember it's not life or death.

• Have people (either you or your friends) getting sorted into certain houses changed your opinions of those houses?

No. Ravenclaw is as I expected and had a lovely welcome letter.

[IronBellyDragon]

• What Pottermore house are you in?

Ravenclaw


• Is this the house you identified with before Pottermore?

Yes - I have always pictured myself as a Ravenclaw and the multiple online sorting quizzes I have completed have always resulted in Ravenclaw


• If not, are you still happy with the house? Do you think the Sorting Hat made a mistake or do you think this gives you some new insights into your personality?

Not applicable


• Does your house placement make sense to you based on the way you answered questions during your sorting?

Absolutely. I think I could have also possibly ended up in Gryffindor, but I think that's due to just two of the questions.


• Have other people you know been sorted into predictable or surprising houses?

My entire family (spouse and two kids) is in Pottermore and we each sorted into different houses. (We have our own Hogwarts!)


• Have people (either you or your friends) getting sorted into certain houses changed your opinions of those houses?

Being able to read all of the additional Pottermore information for the other houses has shown me the beauty of the other houses, too. This is especially true for Hufflepuff and Slytherin.

[Velva]

• What Pottermore house are you in?

Slytherin

• Is this the house you identified with before Pottermore?

No, I always thought of myself as a Hufflepuff. But then again it could have been I was more of a wannabe Hufflepuff because I admire their qualities and would have like to see them as part of my own personality.

• If not, are you still happy with the house? Do you think the Sorting Hat made a mistake or do you think this gives you some new insights into your personality?

I was very disappointed at first and really didn't want to continue in Pottermore for a couple of days. I really do not like the color green, or snakes, or skulls. I have considered changing accounts once Pottermore opens to the public again. I'm not sure if I want to continue the next 6 books as a Slytherin. However, I'm not sure if it is allowed to have another account after it opens to the public, and if not I will not add another one.

But I do see where I have some of the same character traits as a Slytherin, but maybe just didn't want to admit it. So I am trying to reconcile myself to being a Slytherin. I did like the way the welcome letter read and liked many of the qualities of a Slytherin it mentioned.

• Does your house placement make sense to you based on the way you answered questions during your sorting?

I believe I answered one particular question in such a way that put me into Slytherin. I was trying to be as honest as I could on the questions.

• Have other people you know been sorted into predictable or surprising houses?

My daughter received almost the same questions as I did and was sorted into Hufflepuff. Her answers were quite different than the ones I had given. We felt she was sorted into the right house.

• Have people (either you or your friends) getting sorted into certain houses changed your opinions of those houses?

The new information I had from JK Rowling gave me a better opinion of Slytherin and Hufflepuff and a little less of an opinion of Ravenclaw.