| 100% | ASTRONOMER | 10 | A student hoping to become an ___ took a short-answer test... |
| 48% | BAREXAM | 7 | Test taken by those hoping to become attorneys: 2 wds. |
| 42% | WRONG | 5 | Like a test answer with an "x" next to it |
| 39% | SCENTOFAWOMAN | 13 | 1992 movie starring Al Pacino about a school student who becomes an assistant to a visually impaired Army officer: 4 wds. |
| 39% | ASK | 3 | Put a question as to get an answer |
| 39% | NFLSTAR | 7 | What a Heisman winner might hope to become |
| 38% | GPA | 3 | An A student has a high one, for short |
| 38% | HIC | 3 | Something not to say when taking a sobriety test |
| 38% | MEDICINE | 8 | A substance taken to treat an illness |
| 38% | SAFE | 4 | Shout from an umpire that a baserunner hopes to hear |
| 37% | SMART | 5 | Word to describe an A+ student |
| 37% | SPLASH | 6 | An Olympic diver hopes to make a small one |
| 37% | LATERAL | 7 | Afterwards took a student to one side |
| 37% | LATERAL | 7 | Afterwards take a student to one side |
| 37% | HOLYORDERS | 10 | They're taken to become a priest |
| 37% | PAWNPROMOTION | 13 | What it takes to become a queen? |
| 37% | DMV | 3 | Place to take a driving test: Abbr. |
| 37% | DMV | 3 | Where to take a driving test: Abbr. |
| 36% | CAM | 3 | Device used to take a panorama, for short |
| 36% | ETONCHALLAH | 11 | What an English student wore to a deli? |
| 36% | LIMO | 4 | Car that takes a celebrity to an event |
| 36% | SOL | 3 | Answer to a problem, for short |
| 36% | CHOPPED | 7 | Took an axe to a log |
| 36% | MEDAL | 5 | An Olympian might pretend to take a bite out of it |
| 36% | EXAM | 4 | Challenge designed to test what a student has learned |
| 36% | ABDUCTION | 9 | When an alien takes a human to their ship |
| 36% | YES | 3 | Hoped-for answer to a marriage proposal |
| 36% | REPLY | 5 | An answer to a text or email |
| 36% | CAPTURE | 7 | To take an image/record a moment |
| 35% | GRE | 3 | Test that students have to take for getting into graduate schools: Abbr. |