Your Pottermore House

[Sergio182]

What Pottermore house are you in?
Gryffindor
• Is this the house you identified with before Pottermore?
Yes, I was sorted into Gryffindor in the forums and before that I have also been identified as a 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?
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• 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 think my answers where accurate to what I felt. Pottermore was very accurate at placing me in Gryffindor, the answers I gave, I think, were very Gryffindorish.

• Have other people you know been sorted into predictable or surprising houses?
Yes, one of my twitter friends was completely confident that he was going to be sorted into either Ravenclaw or Gryffindor and he ended up being in Slytherin. He hates ahahaha.
• Have people (either you or your friends) getting sorted into certain houses changed your opinions of those houses?
Not really, I still have the same opinion of all the houses my friends have been sorted and vise versa.

[owlycherries]

I was sorted into Slytherin. And I can't decide what to think about it!

I was always between Hufflepuff and Slytherin, in my own opinion and based on quizzes i've taken. Also, Hufflepuff is my favourite house, I love everything about it. So I was disappointed I didn't get it, I won't lie.
I answered my sorting completely and honestly truthfully, and got Slytherin.

The reason I always placed myself in Hufflepuff was because I feel like a "duffer". I don't feel like I fit anywhere else. I'm not ambitious, I'm nervous, severely socially awkward (often people find me very rude and weird), terribly shy and have really low self esteem, I worry all the time and i'm not that clever. I'm misunderstood, i'm incredibly lazy... I am secretly a bit competitive about things, and hate losing...
So in some senses I feel like Slytherin, whereas in others I just don't feel good enough for it.

My sorting did make sense compared to my questions ... as one or two of my questions were ... blatantly obvious which house they pointed to. Others not to so much, and a few not at all! So I suppose, yes.

I generally feel the Pottermore sorting is pretty accurate. I know that lots of people don't feel that way and dislike their house, but ... just because you're clever and value it highly and love Ravenclaw doesn't automatically make you a Ravenclaw. You could easily be a Slytherin, Gryffindor or Hufflepuff as well. It just depends.

[arithmancer]

Originally Posted by capella_black

What Pottermore house are you in?

I am a proud Pottermore Slytherin.

Is this the house you identified with before Pottermore?

I did not identify strongly with a single House, I think an argument could be made for me and any of them. Hoerver, I was pleased not to be a Gryffindor as that is the House I identify with least.

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?

Yes, I am happy with the House. The information on the Houses provided after the Sorting makes me think it is the House for which I am the best fit. (I used to think that might be Ravenclaw, which is my CoS House).

I also would suggest there is a third reason (besides a mistake, or someone learning about themselves) that someone might be Sorted into a House they did not expect - I feel that we fans did not really have enough information to make this call well before Pottermore. We know far less of the other three Houses than we do of Gryffindor. I. anyway, have somewhat different opinions of the Houses now that I have read the descriptions.

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 think so. I liked that some questions had other than four choices, and some that had four, did not have obvious 1-1 correspondences between single choices and single Houses. Different people get different questions, but for my Sorting, anyway, it felt like the questions first sort of got a feel of what the possibilities for me were, and then narrowed it down to the right answer. A couple of my questions were interesting hypothetical questoins that I enjoyed thinking about.

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

I have generally found the Sortings of people I know to be reasonable.

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

Yes, in the sense that this is how I know what other members are told about their Houses upon their Sorting. I feel the fanon opinions about the Houses are somewhat off from Pottermore's descriptions.

Originally Posted by owlycherries

The reason I always placed myself in Hufflepuff was because I feel like a "duffer". I don't feel like I fit anywhere else. I'm not ambitious, I'm nervous, severely socially awkward (often people find me very rude and weird), terribly shy and have really low self esteem, I worry all the time and i'm not that clever. I'm misunderstood, i'm incredibly lazy... I am secretly a bit competitive about things, and hate losing...

Perhaps this means you should be in Slytherin the same way Neville needed to be in Gryffindor. You need Housemates to nurture that competitive side and help overcome that laziness (only when it interferes with achieving your goals, naturally...we're not hard-working Hufflepuffs, after all! ). Now you have housemates who understand you possess the seeds of greatness.

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.

This is an interesting question. I would guess you can have any sort of wand and be in any House, but seems worth investigating. Certainly, wand core does not restrict Sorting - Voldemort had Phoenix, Draco, Unicorn, and Lucius, Dragon.

I am a Slytherin, and my wand is Beech. Other people I know in Slytherin have Pine, Maple, and black walnut. Canon characters in Slytherin with known wands are Draco (Hawthorn), Voldemort (Yew), and Bella (walnut). Hmm, that seems quite a variety.

[BronzeDragon]

• What Pottermore house are you in?

Ravenclaw

• Is this the house you identified with before Pottermore?

Most definitely. Intelligence, wit, cleverness, books, imagination, a little odd, the House colors being blue and bronze and the emblem being an eagle - that's all me, and the description of the House common room in Deathly Hallows was everything I hoped it would be.

• 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 definitely think the Hat got it right for me, but for people I know who've felt they were Sorted wrong, they feel more like the Hat got it wrong than they got something fundamentally wrong about their own personality. After all, the Sorting Hat is only 7 questions, and JKR's reasoning for scoring one answer as a certain House might not line up with a person's reasons for picking that answer.

• 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.)

Makes perfect sense. I know that I gave at least one clearly Slytherin answer and one answer that I had no idea of which House it would go with, but I thought that overall my answers were Ravenclaw-ish.

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

I've known people who got their perfect House (my cousin who's always identified as a Gryffindor was a Gryffindor/Hufflepuff Hatstall) while others are very surprised - a lot of self-identified Ravenclaws I know have ended up in Slytherin, and I know a person who felt very strongly about being Ravenclaw or Slytherin who ended up in Gryffindor and is utterly baffled by how this happened. (I know in general, "Sorting identity crisis" has been a major topic for people, and the song "What if Pottermore Sorts me into the wrong House?" is a hilarious song on YouTube that's not spoilery at all and pretty much accurately reflects their feelings.)

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

The Sorting hasn't changed my opinions on Houses, but seeing other Houses' welcome letters and common rooms changed my opinion on what I would want my 2nd-place House to be (I used to think Ravenclaw>Hufflepuff>Slytherin>Gryffindor would fit me best, but now Slytherin and Hufflepuff flip-flopped places.)

To comment on other peoples' reactions:

SadiraSnape, I'm INTP or INTJ, depending on the quiz, and the Ravenclaw Facebook page found that NT was nearly universal for people who felt they were Ravenclaw. Although I can see your point - MNI works off the Myers-Briggs stuff, and they ID me as Snape, who I think is INTJ.

While JKR says that Gryffindor and Slytherin are very much alike, I've been finding that most people think Ravenclaw and Slytherin are the closest Houses. From Hatstalls I'm aware of, Ravenclaw/Gryffindor seems to be the least common IRL, despite any examples we might have seen on Pottermore.

SusanBones, I really don't think that username influences the Sorting (although I do have Bronze in my Pottermore username.) I know a ScarletGold in Slytherin, and there's a GoldCloak on the leaderboard in Ravenclaw (which, given Gryffindor House colors, you would think would skew Gryffindor.)

I don't think that the wand quiz has a direct influence on House placement, but I do think that there can be overlap in the type of answers and questions you get in each quiz. Ravenclaws tend to place importance on qualities like intelligence, and I think that there are answers you can give on both quizzes that show you think intelligence is important to you. If we're going by the book, I have an elder wand, and the only people we see in possession of an elder wand are Gryffindors and Slytherins.

Ccolinsmith, I think you may be onto something with the last 2 questions working to narrow down the Houses, but that's pure speculation on my part.

Velva, you can delete your current account and then create a new one once Pottermore is open to the public; I don't believe that's against the TOU.

As for the Sorting itself, I think it may depend strongly on which 7 questions you get, especially if you're closely divided between 2 Houses.

I strongly don't believe that the Sorting is rigged in any way, shape, or form. Any Sorting I've seen, I can generally explain; there may be a few Sortings where I've been confused about the placement (or at least why there wasn't a Hatstall), but it's a very small percentage overall. I think that some of the confusion may stem from the possibility of certain answers distributing points to multiple Houses, or possibly certain questions being weighted more than others, but that's all pure speculation on my part.

[Garwain]

Originally Posted by Aksu

the distribution of students now is just too even to be true.

This idea is very interesting. I think people shot it down with very weak reasoning.

One can see why JKR would "rig" the test: having a disproportionate number of Gryffindors, say, would make it much easier for them to take the lead in House Points. And if it was so unfair, no one would want to play, and then her site would be much less popular..

The implications of a roughly equal number of people genuinely being Sorted into each respective house, without any scripting to "even" out the numbers, are actually quite significant.

It means that JKR, in her storybooks for children, has devised a new philosophy, that works in actual application.. that she has found four categories for personalities that people actually subscribe to, in approximately equal numbers. It shows serious insight to human psychology.

Sure, it is hardly a scientific study... that is, us Pottermore users are by no means a control group , however... the fact that the numbers are roughly even, speaking in terms of probability, is more likely due to some programming than due to the incredible accuracy of JKR's philosophy on human personalities.


That being said! I was sorted into Hufflepuff, and I was being very honest with my answers. One of the first things I did after Sorting was take a look at the number of students, and Hufflepuff was either first or second in terms of numbers. I definitely had some Slytherin answers, and Slytherin had far fewer students. If it was between putting me in Slytherin and Hufflepuff, and the whole Sorting process was "rigged", I think I definitely would have been put in Slytherin.

(...there were also some Ravenclaw answers that just I had to turn away from... and they still keep me up at night! This whole thing has me questioning my priorities in life! )

Personally, I don't believe there is any mechanism in place for Sorting people into even numbers. I am inclined to think that JKR is actually a genius with a very thorough understanding of people.

[Silver_Arrow77]

• What Pottermore house are you in?

Slytherin.

• Is this the house you identified with before Pottermore?

No, I always identified with Ravenclaw. I tried to pick not so obvious Sorting quizzes before Pottermore, and they almost all put me in Ravenclaw, or if not, then Gryffindor. I'm also a Ravenclaw 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?

Honestly, I was really unpleasantly surprised at first, but reading the information message made me feel a little better and made me accept its choice a little more. However, I definitely want to open another account in October to get sorted again, just to see if the first outcome was really that accurate. If I'm in Slytherin again, then I'll just accept it. If I'm in Ravenclaw, I'm definitely going to be playing on that account a lot 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 tried to answer the questions as honestly as possible. However, I was really torn between two or three different options on some of the questions, and I feel like I could have gone either way...which means that there was probably a real chance of me ending up in another house... With some of the questions, looking back, I do see how they could point towards Slytherin, for instance reactions to potentially dangerous situations, but with most of them I didn't really see the significance of my answers afterwards.

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

It was different for different people; some were surprised, some weren't.

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

Yes, my sorting into Slytherin forced me to question my initial rather negative view of the house.

[Tenshi]

I was sorted Ravenclaw and I do think it is appropriate. I always considered myself something between Slytherin and Ravenclaw. An evil smarty pants and a Luna. I am sorted Slytherin here and Ravenclaw on Pottermore.

I think the questions I got fit my results.

Pretty much everyone I know got sorted Ravenclaw, except for a couple of others. We still like them though.

I don't have any strong feelings against or for any house, so any sorting will not affect my opinion of a house. The only thing that bothers me is that I can't duell most of my friends cause we're in the same house.

[arithmancer]

Originally Posted by SunSparks

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.

Thinking back to my first 5 (which are very unlikely to be YOUR first five, I know) - I am very skeptical that you can know you did not give Hufflepuff answers. I did not find my first five questions to all have obvious House to answer correspondences. (For one thing, two of the five had more than 4 options! I would say only one of mine was clearcut, and there are subtle cues in the graphics of my first, that make me think even that may not have been as simple as it looked.)

Originally Posted by BronzeDragon

I strongly don't believe that the Sorting is rigged in any way, shape, or form. Any Sorting I've seen, I can generally explain; there may be a few Sortings where I've been confused about the placement (or at least why there wasn't a Hatstall), but it's a very small percentage overall. I think that some of the confusion may stem from the possibility of certain answers distributing points to multiple Houses, or possibly certain questions being weighted more than others, but that's all pure speculation on my part.

I believe it may be rigged? flexible? in cases that are close calls. This could be achieved, even, through how it chooses which questions to ask, as those change. The person's answers would determine the Sorting, but the questions asked could make certain outcomes more likely across a large population of respondents.

Originally Posted by Garwain

Personally, I don't believe there is any mechanism in place for Sorting people into even numbers. I am inclined to think that JKR is actually a genius with a very thorough understanding of people.

That would not explain it, in my view. The population being Sorted demonstrably contains people trying to game the system to get into the "right" house, and I believe fandom opinion of which House is "right" is not split evenly...

[mollypotter]

What Pottermore house are you in?
Slytherin.

• Is this the house you identified with before Pottermore?
No, I always thought of myself as a Ravenclaw, but it was more because it was the first one I identified with the most, and I never gave the other houses a second look.

• 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 necessarily happy with it, but I'm not completely ruling out the fact that that may be where I truly belong. The only thing is the insight from the books on what a Slytherin is is very biased, so I can't really make a clear judgement. for now I'm identifying my house as Slytherclaw until I can get in there in October and retake the test, hopefully as unbiased as I was the first time and slightly less nervous.

• 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 was kind of freaking out during my sorting, picking more the questions that sounded like me rather than thinking about which house sounded like which. I didn't want to do that and then convince myself to pick an answer I wouldn't have normally chose just for the sake of getting the house that I wanted.
Though I think I over thought a few of the questions just a smidge.

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

Most of the people that I know who have been sorted have gone into the house that I saw them in, maybe not what they saw themselves as. But that's because it's not as important to me as to them. Like for example my friend was a die hard Ravenclaw, and then got sorted into Hufflepuff. I was like, yeah they could be a Hufflepuff, but obviously they couldn't figure out how that could possibly be.

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

No, actually. But I have been seeing TONS AND TONS of Slytherins made Ravenclaws and vice versa. I think the houses had a lot more in common than we ever imagined.

[katielouise]

• What Pottermore house are you in?
Ravenclaw.

• Is this the house you identified with before Pottermore?
Yes and no. At the beginning, I wanted to be a Gryffindor... for obvious reasons. It was only in the past year or so that I actually thought properly about the houses and which I'd be in. I thought I'd be Ravenclaw or Hufflepuff though!

• Does your house placement make sense to you based on the way you answered questions during your sorting?
Well, I am pretty sure that two of my answers were more Hufflepuff-y, and one Ravenclaw. The rest I'm not sure. I'm glad I got Ravenclaw because I think I fit more in here.

• Have other people you know been sorted into predictable or surprising houses?
Some of my friends seem surprised with their sortings, but I agree with most of the sortings that I've seen.

• Have people (either you or your friends) getting sorted into certain houses changed your opinions of those houses?
Not really. But most of my friends still hate Hufflepuff... And anything that I say will not change their mind! Not even after they've read the new info!

[SusanBones]

Originally Posted by arithmancer

I am a proud Pottermore Slytherin.
...

I am a Slytherin, and my wand is Beech. Other people I know in Slytherin have Pine, Maple, and black walnut. Canon characters in Slytherin with known wands are Draco (Hawthorn), Voldemort (Yew), and Bella (walnut). Hmm, that seems quite a variety.

My wand is beech, and I'm in Gryffindor. Someone suggested that I would get Ravenclaw when they saw my beech wand, but I guess the description of the wand wood doesn't necessarily follow the House traits.

Originally Posted by BronzeDragon

SusanBones, I really don't think that username influences the Sorting (although I do have Bronze in my Pottermore username.) I know a ScarletGold in Slytherin, and there's a GoldCloak on the leaderboard in Ravenclaw (which, given Gryffindor House colors, you would think would skew Gryffindor.)

My theory was that the username they choose out of the five they are offered is the determining factor, not what House characteristics are in the name. We would have to know what choices they turned down to see if my theory has any validity. To quote Dumbledore: "It is our choices, Harry, that show what we truly are, far more than our abilities." I have a feeling choice of username doesn't influence House determination. But it is fun to think about.

Originally Posted by arithmancer

Thinking back to my first 5 (which are very unlikely to be YOUR first five, I know) - I am very skeptical that you can know you did not give Hufflepuff answers. I did not find my first five questions to all have obvious House to answer correspondences. (For one thing, two of the five had more than 4 options! I would say only one of mine was clearcut, and there are subtle cues in the graphics of my first, that make me think even that may not have been as simple as it looked.)

I agree with this, too. I have seen people who tried to get into a certain House by trying to guess what the House answer would be. The odd thing about that, is when they gave their reasoning, it didn't match what I personally thought would be the House characteristic. For example, someone trying, and failing, to get into Gryffindor, thought for sure that a certain answer would be the Gryffindor answer. I'm in Gryffindor, and I would never have picked that answer. It doesn't mean that I'm right and she was wrong, but what I do think it means is that our perceptions of what would be a House characteristic may not be correct. Therefore, it becomes almost impossible to trick the sorting if you don't really understand what the true characteristic would be.

Originally Posted by mollypotter

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

Most of the people that I know who have been sorted have gone into the house that I saw them in, maybe not what they saw themselves as. But that's because it's not as important to me as to them. Like for example my friend was a die hard Ravenclaw, and then got sorted into Hufflepuff. I was like, yeah they could be a Hufflepuff, but obviously they couldn't figure out how that could possibly be.

I have seen a few people who were totally surprised, and even indignant, about the House they were sorted into, when I wasn't surprised at all. The HP books really do affect our opinions of the Houses, imo. I am happy to see so many happy Slytherins and Hufflepuffs, because those two houses really didn't get fair treatment in the books, in my opinion.

[mollypotter]

Originally Posted by SusanBones

I have seen a few people who were totally surprised, and even indignant, about the House they were sorted into, when I wasn't surprised at all. The HP books really do affect our opinions of the Houses, imo. I am happy to see so many happy Slytherins and Hufflepuffs, because those two houses really didn't get fair treatment in the books, in my opinion.

Yeah I've only gotten one of my friends who was pleasantly surprised at being sorted in a different house, and it was Hufflepuff, so...

Most of the people sorted into the "wrong" house refuse to even consider that desicion whatsoever, but I'm trying to keep an open mind.

I just REALLY shocked at the sheer amount of Slytherclaws!
Though I guess I shouldn't be, what with one house being wise and the other cunning...

[Garwain]

Originally Posted by arithmancer

I did not find my first five questions to all have obvious House to answer correspondences.

I believe it may be rigged? flexible? in cases that are close calls. This could be achieved, even, through how it chooses which questions to ask, as those change. The person's answers would determine the Sorting, but the questions asked could make certain outcomes more likely across a large population of respondents.

I believe fandom opinion of which House is "right" is not split evenly...

Hello!

I'm not sure I understand...


You seem to be of the opinion that it is not easy to know which House one's answers really indicate - I think so too. (I didn't have any question with 4 answers; there must have been grey areas!) So I don't know how much an influence there really can be from people who are trying to get into a certain house - especially right now, with such limited access to Pottermore, we're not seeing people who will close their account because they don't have the option of opening a new one just to retake the test.

I've seen enough accounts of people who didn't get what they wanted, even though they tried, for me to think that they don't actually understand what the answers mean - they're prescribing their own meanings in an attempt to get the House they want. I wish I could talk about my specific questions ...... because this would be a lot more clear... but I can say that I feel that I was sorted more on my priorities, preferences, and values, than the things that were clearly associated with houses (ie my self-identified qualities or fears). In retrospect, my priorities could be construed as Hufflepuff-ish, but I had never identified myself as Hufflepuff, and every time I had a self-identifying question, I was actually aware of passing over the Hufflepuff options, thinking of them as very much unlike myself.


You also don't seem to disagree with my assumption that in the case where it is a close call between two houses, the Sorting would be biased towards the house with lower numbers, so I do think that my case is very relevant in explaining the nature of the biase, if not that there is none:

I do clearly remember at the time Hufflepuff's number being around 110,xxx... I forget the little numbers. I am certain about 110k, though. And Slytherin was around 109,xxx... I definitely remember the number 109k.

I also do think that it is hard to tell which House I was even indicating, and even then very few answers obviously corresponded to any one House. So I might have had stronger Hufflepuff answers than I knew... but I still think that there was any system in place to even out numbers, the Slytherin answers that I did give would have been given greater weight, so as to bring up the numbers of Slytherin students.


I did feel like being sorted into Hufflepuff actually gave me insight to myself. I self-identify more with Slytherin, but my priorities are in fact not very Slytherin at all! It is only reflecting on the answers that makes me realize this (again, wish I could specify... ). However... I also concede that there is a bit of every House in each of us, and the fanboy in me is probably willing to project on any one of them. That might be the real magic of the whole process.

[gelowo93]

What Pottermore house are you in?
Slytherin

Is this the house you identified with before Pottermore?
No I had started to identify with Hufflepuff after being Sorted there on here.

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 disappointed and in denial at first but I don't think the Sorting hat made a mistake, and now I'm a little proud to be in Slytherin. After reading through the extra information I realised that I probably do fit there quite well, although I do want to take the test again when it's open in October just to be sure

Does your house placement make sense to you based on the way you answered questions during your sorting?
Nope, I thought that the majority of my answers were going to land me in Ravenclaw, but I think that they are quite similar Houses so I can see how I could think that an answer would put me in Ravenclaw but really it showed Slytherin characteristics.

Have other people you know been sorted into predictable or surprising houses?
I suppose, I only really know one person who has been Sorted and I wasn't too surprised by where she ended up.

Have people (either you or your friends) getting sorted into certain houses changed your opinions of those houses?
Yes, I used to hate Slytherins because I thought they were all evil Now I know that's not exactly true.

[MrSleepyHead]

What Pottermore house are you in?

Ravenclaw

Is this the house you identified with before Pottermore?

I have never identified (i.e. become attached, either in desire or emotion) with any house. My house loyalty has never been strong because I have never come across a test/quiz/opinion that can match what the Sorting Hat would conclude. I hold Pottermore's assessment in highest esteem, but with the realization that it is limited just like any other Sorting test. I will not truly identify with a house until my blasted Hogwarts acceptance letter finally comes in the post!

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 am as happy as I can be with my house; again, I have never, and still have not, been attached to the idea of my house. But in the majority of Sorting tests I have taken I have been Sorted into Ravenclaw. I value intellect, originality, and understanding above most other traits and those features are very evident in my life, so I am not surprised by my placement. Though I could certainly understand being placed in any other house. In ways, I may have preferred being sorted elsewhere because it would have brought to my attention more dormant qualities and priorities in my life.

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

I could have sworn that I had saved my Sorting questions, but I cannot find them in the maze of my documents! From memory, though, I recall one question that I chose a relatively blatant Ravenclaw answer. It was honest, though, and I could certainly have chosen others (I found that multiple answer choices applied to me, so I had to choose among the most instinctual one). But, otherwise, I thought the Sorting was more or less ambiguous, which is how I hoped it would be.

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

My real life friends I know that have Pottermore access have all been placed in fairly predictable houses - especially after the information about the houses given after the Sorting. But I find that multiple houses could apply to each person, so I do not think I would have been surprised no matter what. Even if I thought a friend was an obvious Gryffindor and he was Sorted into Hufflepuff, I think I would be able to see or understand that Hufflepuff qualities/beliefs must be present in that person.

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

No, my perspective on the houses has not changed after my friends have been Sorted and I learned all the additional information about the 4 houses. I think my interpretations from the books matches Pottermore's descriptions very well.

[arithmancer]

Originally Posted by mollypotter

I just REALLY shocked at the sheer amount of Slytherclaws!
Though I guess I shouldn't be, what with one house being wise and the other cunning...

I agree. Brains, used for the sheer joy of it, vs. brains, applied. (Pottermore Slytherin and CoS Ravenclaw speaking, here.)

[owlycherries]

Originally Posted by arithmancer

I agree. Brains, used for the sheer joy of it, vs. brains, applied. (Pottermore Slytherin and CoS Ravenclaw speaking, here.)

Just to say though, not all Slytherins are clever. Heck, look at Crabbe and Goyle! XD

[CuriousWanderer]

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 think this is a possibility, my wand is very Hufflepuff also, It is Rowan wood, which screams Hufflepuff, and it is paired with Unicorn hair core. It could also be that people just answer the questions similarly and that puts them in the house that really suits them. I have seen a few people who say their wand fits them perfectly, but they don't think they belong in the house they were put in. So I don't know how much your wand influences your house, but i think that it could have some influence.

[SadiraSnape]

Originally Posted by Aksu

The even distribution of students sorted in to the houses indicates that the test doesn't really matter that much....I mean let's face it; the distribution of students now is just too even to be true.

Slytherin has consistently had fewer students than the other three, which have consistently been within a few hundred of each other. Slytherin always runs around 1000 or more fewer than the other houses.

So I don't really believe it to be just a random distribution of people -- there's some metric being used in the questions.

[gertiekeddle]

Originally Posted by MrSleepyHead

I will not truly identify with a house until my blasted Hogwarts acceptance letter finally comes in the post!

I like this approach.