The survey included three outcomes, drawn from college life studies including the National Survey of Student Engagement and the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent to Adult Health:

• academic
  • measures of success using self-reported GPA and any remedial courses
  • 7 questions concerning academic challenges on a 1 to 4 scale (from "not at all" to "very" difficult)
  • academic engagement based on a sum of level of participation in class, student-faculty-interaction, and internship experience.
• social: feelings of belonging on campus and quality/quantity of social relationships based on a scale of 1: "strongly disagree" to 4: "strongly agree"
  • measures of bullying were found using three questions involving verbal abuse, physical abuse, and rumors
  • feelings of difference measured by one yes or no question
• health: mental and physical health self-rated using 5-point scales from "poor" to "excellent"