Muggleborn students

[Indigo]

No: HPFGUIDX 16045

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., Andrea <ra_1013 at y...> wrote:
> > I wonder about this in relation to: How does
> > Dumbledore persuade the
> > parents of  Muggleborn students to allow their
> > children to attend
> > Hogwarts?
> 
> This brings up a point I've been wondering about for a
> while now.  Clearly, there are Muggle-born students
> like Hermione and Dean who managed to find their way
> to Platform 9 3/4 and arrive at Hogwarts with all this
> wonderful magical gear.  So...how do they find out
> about Diagon Alley or Platform 9 3/4?  
> 
> The letter Harry got is apparently a form letter sent
> out to all Hogwarts prospectives, but they don't all
> have Hagrid to explain everything to them.  So what do
> ordinary Muggle kids like Hermione do when they
> suddenly get a letter inviting them to attend a school
> for witchcraft and wizardry?  Do the Muggle-born get a
> special letter tucked in to explain things to them? 
> Do they get visits from the different professors? 
> 
> 
> Andrea II (since there seems to be another of me
> floating around somewhere <g>)
> 
> 

Well,  Hermione's not the only person who's Muggle-born. As I recall, 
Dean Thomas and Justin Finch-Fletchley are too.

Hermione has mentioned getting *her* letter, and also says her parents 
were thrilled.

So I guess they do magical research on what kind of muggle parents the 
kids have so they know what approach to take.

Hermione's parents have even come through into Diagon Alley at least 
once, and were treated to the Weasley-Malfoy scuffle if I'm not 
mistaken. [CoS]

So that implies they can tell which Muggle-born students have parents 
who will be accepting, and which will have parents who need -- 
cajoling, coaxing, or convincing.

Indigo