Summer of Awesome, or Summer of Suck? Take Our Quiz!

August is winding down, Sparklers, and with it, your last chance to cram in a few final summer break activities before school starts again. If you've been neglecting your duty to cut loose, thinking to yourselves, “Oh, it’s only August 18th! I still have time,” we're here to tell you that you—yes, YOU, sir—are a FOOL. Because Labor Day is just around the corner, and time is running out! And if you haven’t filled your quota for hot fun in the summertime, you’ll have nobody to blame but yourself when you’re sitting in a classroom, crying hysterically, wondering why you didn’t eat a whole box of popsicles when you had the chance.

But how will you know whether you’ve had a perfectly good amount of summer fun, or whether you need to spend the next two weeks making up for what you’ve missed?

Glad you asked!

Here at SparkNotes, we’ve created this handy scorecard to help you accurately determine whether you’ve had a Summer of Awesome, a Summer of Adequacy, or a Summer of Suck. So pick up a pen, and get ready to…Rate! Your! SUMMER!

Here’s how it works: Our patented Point System assigns a numeric value to each summer activity, letting you see exactly how much warm weather fun you’ve actually had. Read through the list below, assign your points accordingly, then tally ‘em all at the end to determine your Personal Summer Rating. Ready? Let’s go!

Time spent at the pool: 1 point per hour
Time spent at the beach: 2 points per hour
Achievement of perfect, golden tan: 2 points
Achievement of epic, peeling, lobster-like sunburn: 5 points
Jellyfish encounter: 2 points per jellyfish
Successful flirtation with lifeguard: 5 points
Unsuccessful flirtation with lifeguard: 1 point (hey, you tried!)
Loss of bathing suit top in deep end: 3 points
Loss of bathing suit bottom in deep end: 5 points
Loss of entire bathing suit, along with accompanying explanation of how you accomplished such a thing: 10 points
Time spent at camp: 5 points per week
Summer fling: 10 points
Summer fling including sloppy makeout goodbye: 20 points
Attendance at barbecue, per day: 5 points
Burgers/hot dogs consumed, per burger/hot dog (veggie counts, too): 1 point
Meats on sticks consumed, per meat: 2 points
Doritos consumed, per pound: 2 points
Attendance at county fair: 5 points
Day spent at amusement park, per day: 7 points
Barfing on the Scrambler: 5 points
Barfing on the Scrambler in front of cute guy/girl: 10 points
Making out with cute guy/girl despite barfing incident: 25 points
Winning overlarge stuffed animal at bottle toss: 3 points
Ice cream consumed, per pint: 3 points
Water balloons thrown, per balloon: 1 point
Waterslides… slid, per slide: 2 points
Waterslide wedgie, per wedgie: 5 points

Okay, now, tally your points! If you got…

100 points or greater: Holy CATS, compadre! It’s official, you’ve had a Summer of Awesome which nobody, not even your partymonster SparkNotes editors, can rival. You can head to your first day of classes with your head held high and your lobster-like sunburn on full display, safe in the knowledge that you are a true champion.

50 – 100 points: Congratulations, sir (or ma’am)—it’s a Summer of Adequacy. You’ve had a perfectly lovely summer break, replete with swimming, burger consumption, and maybe even an epic waterslide wedgie. Yay! And if you’re not satisfied, just remember, it only takes a few water balloons and a post-barfing makeout to propel you right into Summer of Awesome territory.

Less than 50 points: That’s it? That’s it?! Good lord, what have you been doing, hiding under a rock? Sorry, chief—that’s one epic Summer of Suck. But it’s not too late! Stop reading this right now, pack a cooler full of hot dogs, Doritos, and water balloons, and head to the nearest beach/pool immediately. And don’t forget to lose your bathing suit on the high dive – desperate times call for desperate measures.

So, how’d you do? Tell us in the comments!