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What the Brain Chain is to intellect, this trope is to High School popularity. Where you are on this list determines how smoothly your high school existence goes, who sits with you at lunch, and what your role in the story is. In relative descending order of popularity:

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Most Popular

• School Idol
• Alpha Bitch
• Big Man on Campus
• Jerk Jock
• The Cheerleader (when she isn't either the Alpha Bitch or in the Girl Posse)
• Cute Sports Club Manager
• Spoiled Sweet
• Lovable Alpha Bitch
• The Alpha Bitch's Girl Posse
• The High School Hustler is an odd one, often very popular, but sometimes a:
  • Snark Knight
  • Scholarship Student
• Extracurricular Enthusiast
• Dumb Jock
• Class Representative

Least Popular

• Cool Loser
• Drama Club (Depending on the type of school, may either be at the top or bottom of the chain.)
• Goth, Emo Teen or Rebellious Spirit
• Shrinking Violets who are Beautiful All Along
• Hollywood Nerd
• Geek
  • Child Prodigy (when a middle-school-aged kid is a student at high school)
• Extraverted Nerd
• Loner

Outside The System

• Foreign Exchange Student
• New Transfer Student

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