Pottermore discussion

I read somewhere a very interesting opinion on how the populations in each house remain so stabilised:

"The sorting hat seems to randomly pick houses imo. Especially given that at the end of the quiz you're asked heads or tails, which basically means that its a coin toss to see which house you get."

The more I think about it, the more I think this is true. So, if you are already in Pottermore, I've got two questions for you: 1) Do you think you're in the right house? and 2) Did you get the heads/tails question?

ans :1. no i dont think i am in the right house
2 i dint have that question

I really do believe I am in the right house. I think if you answer the questions truthfully and be true to yourself, you will be placed in the house that is right for you. I do agree that there are some questions that just seem pointless.

And yes, I think I did have that question. I don't think I got it as the last question though.

I do think that my answers to the questions fitted with the house I was sorted with. You can tell, for example when they ask you how do you people to remember you, which answer goes with which house. (bravery? Gryffondor. Powerful? Slytherin. Wise? Ravenclaw. Good? hufflepuff. etc) There were 40 different questions but only 7 were asked.

I ended up in exactly the house I felt I should have ended up in. I did not have the coin flip question.

I believe the questions are truly designed to help sort you in the correct house. Some of the questions may be obvious, but not all of them are. Of the 7 questions I received, I really only had one that I could guess which answers represented which house, and I still wasn't 100% sure on that. I have only encountered a handful in the common room who seemed unhappy with where they were placed. There are quite a few more who didnt expect Hufflepuff and were perhaps upset at first -- but nearly all of them have said that they felt it was accurate after all and are perfectly happy and thrilled with where they are now. It really seems to be accurate for 99% of the people.

I don't honestly think this would be something JKR would leave entirely up to the flip of a coin. They wouldn't have created such a complex system of questions if it was all going to be left to chance at the end anyway. I honestly believe that the reason things even out so nicely is that the houses are just so well designed that the population just divides that way.

Jessica wrote: "I ended up in exactly the house I felt I should have ended up in. I did not have the coin flip question.

I believe the questions are truly designed to help sort you in the correct house. Some of..."

oh !!!! That is what is happenin??

Jessica wrote: "I ended up in exactly the house I felt I should have ended up in. I did not have the coin flip question.

I believe the questions are truly designed to help sort you in the correct house. Some of..."

I think we're like brain sisters or something.

Sparklebell π wrote: "Jessica wrote: "I ended up in exactly the house I felt I should have ended up in. I did not have the coin flip question.

I believe the questions are truly designed to help sort you in the correct..."

i am not sure of anything

"For i am the Hogwarts sorting hat
and i can cap them all
There is nothing hidden in your head
The sorting hat can't see
So try me on and i will tell you
Where you ought to be"says the sorting hat

P.S: you can find this on pg 88 of Harry Potter and the Philosopher's stone(this poem above is not complete)

I had to take the flip coin question, but I know I got into the right house. Every time that I take a personality quiz for what house I should be in, it says Ravenclaw... though, of course, there might be others who were put in the wrong house or atleast thought they were. They probably just answered a question wrong or something...
I know that one time that I took a personality quiz, I must have answered a question wierdly, because it said I was most like Snape... THAT was one wierd quiz...

Also, the flip coin question could have been put there on purpose in some cases. Which side of the coin you guess when it's flipped can either be a random guess or a superstition. I think that if JKR meant for it to help differentiate which house you should be sorted into, she most likely would only have that question come up if the questions that you answered before it seemed to make it clear that you wouldn't just randomly select heads or tails, but rather would decide based on a superstition, or just which one you would most often pick.

For example, a Slytherin or Gryffindor might choose tails, because the tails side of the coin shown looks like the tail of a serpent or dragon. A Hufflepuff might choose heads because they tend to be more interactive, and a Ravenclaw might go for either because they know that whether they choose heads or tails, the probablility for choosing the correct one is the same (I'm not saying that people from other houses wouldn't know this, only that they would be less likely to use it as a form of problem solving in a heads or tails question).

I got the heads or tails question, but I feel as if I got into the right house. *cough*Ravenclaw*cough*

I think that if you DID get the coin question, it means you got 2 houses.

I actually think that the coin toss question and the right or left question are to determine whether you go with or against the grain. I may be wrong, but I believe "right or left" is actually a common question in psychology tests. I know I've seen it before elsewhere. Someone who chooses left (as I did) might be considered more independent/rebellious. I think it has something to do with more people being right-handed, so more people would choose that answer.

I want to say the coin toss question is similar. Some people would choose heads. Perhaps an ambitious Slytherin likes the idea of seeing their own face on a coin and so would relate more to that side. Someone who chooses tails might be more interested in the surprise that comes with not immediately knowing what is going to appear on that side of the coin, whereas heads is always going to be a head. I just feel like there's more thought put into it than we realize.

It might mean that you have two possible houses and the sorting hat is just trying to see which one you would choose between those. (even though you don't know what those two houses are) Yeah I got that question too and I think I got into the right house.

I am in the right house!! Im from Ravenclaw
I Didnt remembre being asked that question