THE PRINCETON
CHAOS INDEX
Chaos Index

Scientifically measuring how unhinged your semester has become.

Take the index. Completely anonymous. Mildly exposing.

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Before we begin

A few things
you should know.

01

Completely anonymous

No name, no NetID, no IP address.

02

Email is optional

Stored separately. Never linked to your answers.

03

One submission per email

Keeps the data honest.

Before you begin

This is for entertainment.

Not a medical or academic assessment.

If this feels less funny and more real,
please talk to someone.

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01 / 06

The numbers don't lie. Unfortunately.

01How many hours of sleep do you average a night?

02How many deadlines do you have in the next 7 days?

03How many commitments are you juggling?

04How often do you feel behind in at least one class?

05How many times do you check your email per day?

06How often do you say "I'm so busy"?

07Have you ever calculated your grade before it was posted?

08How often do you compare yourself to classmates?

09How overwhelmed are you this week?

My eye is twitching.

I have hobbies.Dean's List of Emotional Instability.

10How much pressure do you feel to "do it all"?

I'm on 4 exec boards. Voluntarily.

I say no sometimes.I am the extracurricular.
02 / 06

Study strategies or survival tactics?

Things you swore were temporary.

11What's your most common assignment start time?

12Have you ever:

Select all that apply

13Have you ever opened Canvas just to stare at it?

14How many tabs are open right now?

15Have you ever:

Select all that apply

16How often do you eat while doing work?

17Have you ever scheduled two meetings at once accidentally?

18How many group chats stress you out?

03 / 06

If you know, you know.

19Have you ever fantasized about transferring?

20How would you describe Princeton?

21Have you ever speed-walked across campus whispering "it's fine"?

22How many meals per week are a real sit-down meal?

23Have you ever:

Select all that apply

24When someone says "midterm season," your reaction is:

25Have you ever checked your GPA calculation mid-semester?

26Have you ever said yes to something knowing you shouldn't?

04 / 06

Caffeine is not a personality.

27How often do you wake up already tired?

28How many cups of caffeine per day?

29Have you ever forgotten basic words mid-sentence?

30Have you ever laughed at something and immediately felt tired after?

31How often do you doom-scroll at night?

32Have you ever opened your laptop and forgotten why?

33Do you feel guilty when you rest?

34Do you check your phone during lectures because of anxiety?

35If you got a surprise free day tomorrow, would you:

36Have you ever done work during a social event?

05 / 06

The internal monologue section.

37When someone asks how you are, you say:

38Do you feel like everyone else is doing better than you?

39Have you ever googled internship acceptance rates at 2am?

40Have you ever thought: "When does it get easier?"

41Have you ever looked at your calendar and felt physical stress?

42Have you ever forgotten what day it is?

43Have you ever romanticized quitting everything and living off-grid?

44How dense does your schedule feel right now?

I have 3 things due tomorrow. I know.

One thing due. Next week.I have a deadline for my deadline.
06 / 06

Confessions from the trenches.

Answer any of the following questions. All responses are anonymous.

45What's the most unhinged thing you've witnessed on campus?

46What's one campus rumor you still don't know is true or not?

47What's the most absurd thing you've seen someone do for a good grade?

48What's the most extreme networking move you've witnessed?

49What's the wildest scheduling choice you've seen someone make to "optimize" their semester?

50What's one thing Princeton students do that would confuse normal humans?

Calculating your Chaos Rank…

Analyzing your academic instability

Calculating…

Chaos Breakdown

What This Means

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