For over ten years Seminole High School’s Junior Class Council has been hosting a compatibility test near Valentine’s Day to help people find that special someone as their annual fundraising activity. Although the amount fluctuates from year to year, these questionnaires have always yielded much profit for the Junior Class as well as provided entertainment for students who participate in the matchmaking tests.

According to Ms. Janill Jesni, the school adviser for the Junior Class Council who runs the dating questionnaires, the students who are interested will fill out a questionnaire with questions both on the individual’s personality as well as personality traits that they find desirable in other people.  The questionnaires are then sent to be scanned into a system that calculates compatibility based on the similarity of the answers.

Sophomore Seraphina Choi said, “I remember having a lot of fun with my friends last year filling out the questions and then looking at the list to see who I was paired up with! Some of the answers were surprising but it was definitely fun and I’d do it again this year.”

While it’s technically called a “matchmaking questionnaire,” the resulting matches are not only limited to romantic partners but also extended to people who have both high and low compatibilities with each other as friends. The results will compile together a list of top friends, dating partners and people who you aren’t as compatible with.

Sophomore Olivia Xiang commented, “I did these questionnaires with my friends because I wanted to see who they would match me and my friends with. We always joke around and match our friends with each other so it’s really fun to see who our friends are really compatible with.”

Some teachers have tried proving the legitimacy of the matchmakers. Former English teacher Mr. Josh Page and his wife decided to masquerade as students and fill out the questionnaires out of curiosity and as a way to support the school. Surprisingly enough, both ended up ranking high on the other’s list in terms of compatibility.

“The questionnaire always seemed like a fun survey to get some interesting topic with some truth,” remarked junior Antonio Vera. “Apparently [Mr. Page] had more to go off from which is nice.”

Questionnaires are available in English classes and results will be on sale for $3 on February 7.