The pupil numbers debate- intakes post 11?

[Empress Kali]

No: HPFGUIDX 23992

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., "Dave Hardenbrook" <DaveH47 at m...> wrote:
> On 8 Aug 2001, at 11:14, vheggie at y... wrote:
> 
> ....I always had the idea that Lupin was admitted late, since he 
> implies he was excluded until Dumbledore became headmaster....


I'm a newbie and hope I'm not out of my league here...
In PoA, Lupin says that it had looked doubtful that he would be 
admitted to Hogwarts. It says nothing of being rejected; in fact I 
wonder how a person could be technically rejected since it is the 
school who does the contacting...but I digress. I assumed it was due 
to the inherent discrimination against werewolves that Lupin wouldn't 
be allowed to attend Hogwarts. I haven't seen any evidence of there 
being any late admittances either. In GoF, entrants are required to 
be a certain age because presumably they'd had the training to be 
able to successfully handle all the tasks. This seems to imply that 
grade is determined by age. Then again, maybe I just spend too much 
time reading HP and pondering over it.  :-)
        ~Bethany~