question about the dorms and # of students

[Joywitch M. Curmudgeon]

--- In HPFGU-Movie at y..., Tara <taradiane at y...> wrote:
> 
> --- hp_lexicon at y... wrote:
> > I've done a fairly good estimate of the number
> > of kids in the Great 
> > Hall scene and it comes out to about 400. 
> 
> Speaking of student numbers, I have a question. 
> We know that in the first year's dorm for
> Gryffindor there are 5 four-poster beds.  So can
> we assume there is only 1 first years dorm?  The
> reason I ask is that it seems like an awfully
> small number.  Can we assume that it is a similar
> number for the second thru seventh years?  That
> only makes it 35 students total in Gryffindor,
> give or take a few.  Now, if there are supposed
> to be about 400 total, and there's only 4 houses,
> why is there a paltry 5 kids in the first years
> dorm for Gryffindor?  Is Gryffindor a hard house
> to get into?  I always figured there was a fairly
> even amount in each house, but if we take the
> number of first years in harry's dorm and average
> it out among all 4 houses and all 7 years, that's
> not even 200 students.  So what gives?  Is my
> math off??
> 
This has been discussed over and over and over again on the main 
HP4GU list.  Tara, and anyone else who is interested, should read the 
HP for Grownups FAQ for a detailed and interested essay on this 
topic.  The FAQ can be found at:

http://www.i2k.com/~svderark/lexicon/faq/ 

Please keep in mind that this list is for movie discussion.  While 
there is often crossover, I think we should really try to keep the 
discussion on this list focused on things that have a direct 
relationship to the MOVIE, and take discussion that have to do with 
the BOOKS over to the main list.  Thanks, all.

--Joywitch