How do you become more popular in middle school, secondary school, University..

I don’t know, but I had a child start with really good looks so popularity was about 75%. Then I complimented everyone with low popularity and had conversations with everyone who had high popularity and avoided talking to people I had poor conversations with, though conversations didn’t have much impact from what I noticed, maybe a little gained? Then in middle school, I started dating a member of the popular clique (mentioned in the info tab) and went up to like 80%. I asked to join and got in right away.