| 100% | SAD | 3 | School nowadays is miserable |
| 69% | SAD | 3 | School nowadays is gloomy |
| 44% | ALAS | 4 | "I am miserable" |
| 43% | DAD | 3 | Daughter nowadays is relative |
| 42% | DAD | 3 | Daughter nowadays is a relative |
| 42% | COED | 4 | Like virtually all schools nowadays |
| 42% | SOBS | 4 | Is visibly miserable |
| 41% | SPAM | 4 | Most of it nowadays is filtered |
| 40% | DONTLEAVEMEHANGING | 18 | "I'd be miserable without you, tapestry!" |
| 40% | ADVERSE | 7 | Nowadays some poetry is hostile |
| 40% | CAFETERIA | 9 | School lunch is served here |
| 39% | ART | 3 | School class where drawing is taught |
| 39% | YESHIVA | 7 | School where the Talmud is studied |
| 39% | FAD | 3 | Trend is loud nowadays |
| 39% | RANTRACK | 8 | Was a high school sprinter, say |
| 39% | SEMINARY | 8 | School at which students are collared? |
| 39% | BAD | 3 | Awful being bachelor nowadays |
| 39% | OLD | 3 | "___ School" (2003 Will Ferrell movie) |
| 38% | TUFTS | 5 | School whose mascot is Jumbo the elephant |
| 38% | TULANE | 6 | School whose mascot is Riptide the Pelican |
| 38% | UCLA | 4 | School whose teams are the Bruins: Abbr. |
| 38% | CDS | 3 | Things that are burned nowadays |
| 38% | MIT | 3 | "Good Will Hunting" school (Abbr.) |
| 37% | OHIOSTATE | 9 | School whose football stadium is nicknamed the Horseshoe |
| 37% | YALE | 4 | School whose a cappella group is the Whiffenpoofs |
| 37% | LUNCHROOM | 9 | School or office cafeteria where food is served |
| 37% | ONCDS | 5 | How much music is sold nowadays |
| 37% | UNC | 3 | School whose athletes are the Tar Heels: Abbr. |
| 37% | BYAGE | 5 | How kids are grouped in school |
| 36% | NYU | 3 | School whose main campus is in Greenwich Village: Abbr. |