School Exams

Persona 3 Reload guide · Answers for all midterms and finals throughout the year

School exams take place four times throughout the school year at Gekkoukan High: May Midterms, July Finals, October Midterms, and December Finals. During exam weeks, daytime activities and school-based Social Links are suspended while you automatically attend the tests. Scoring top marks requires both selecting the correct answers on free-response days and reaching specific Academics stat thresholds beforehand.

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Power Incense I and Page Card Set: Given by Mitsuru Kirijo in the 1F hallway after scoring highest in your class or school on the May MidtermsKing Card Set and Magic Incense II: Given by Mitsuru Kirijo in the 1F hallway after scoring highest in your class or school on the July FinalsKnight Card Set and Guard Incense III: Given by Mitsuru Kirijo in the 1F hallway after scoring highest in your class or school on the October MidtermsQueen Card Set and Soma: Given by Mitsuru Kirijo in the 1F hallway after scoring top of the entire school on the December FinalsMitsuru's exam rewards | Talk to Mitsuru Kirijo in the 1F faculty hallway after exam results are posted; rewards are missed permanently if not claimed before the next exam period

Deadlines

5/18 | Reach Academics Rank 2 (Above Average) or higher to achieve the top school score in the May Midterms
7/13 | Reach Academics Rank 4 (Smart) or higher to achieve the top school score in the July Finals
10/12 | Reach Academics Rank 5 (Intelligent) or higher to achieve the top school score in the October Midterms
12/13 | Reach Academics Rank 6 (Genius) to achieve the top school score in the December Finals

Social links

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Empress (Mitsuru Kirijo): Scoring top marks on at least one set of school exams is an mandatory requirement to initiate her Social Link later in the year

Tips

May Midterms (5/19–5/22) answers: 5/19 "May Counterpart" -> "Middens"; 5/20 "Shoshiki Rule" -> "Mesopotamia"; 5/21 "Menthól" -> "From the Japanese word for 'eyes'".
July Finals (7/14–7/17) answers: 7/14 "Shinsengumi" -> "Dowsing"; 7/15 "Taira Clan" -> "About error handling"; 7/16 "Meiji Restoration" -> "Mensa"; 7/17 "Kabuki" -> "Overturn with a crane".
October Midterms (10/13–10/16) answers: 10/13 "Psychology" -> "Addiction"; 10/14 "Classical Literature" -> "Pythagoras"; 10/15 "Physics" -> "Zero electrical resistance"; 10/16 "World History" -> "Three".
December Finals (12/14–12/18) answers: 12/14 -> "Zero"; 12/15 -> "Maltose"; 12/16 -> "Venus"; 12/17 -> "Murasaki-no-Ue"; 12/18 -> "Geoselection".
Even if you answer every prompt correctly during an exam, your final ranking will fall short of the top spot if your Academics rank has not met the threshold for that semester.

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