Dorms/Differences in house size

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No: HPFGUIDX 26075

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., borg3892000 at y... wrote:
> --- In HPforGrownups at y..., "Sofie " <sofie_elisabeth at y...> wrote:
> > --- In HPforGrownups at y..., Vicky DeGroote <degroote at a...> wrote:
> > > I meant to type 1000 students at Hogwarts, not 100.  I've read 
al 
> > ot of this about how many students, but maybe didn't get far 
enough 
> > to read abou the dorms.
> > > 
> > > Oops-sorry
> > > Kitty
> > > 
> > Personally I prefer Angie J's theory thta Harry's year is small 
> > due to the war. People of child-bearing age were fighting and a 
> > lot of them were probably killed. That leaves less people to have 
> > children and so then you get less children (from magical families 
> > anyway).
> 
> I've been wondering about this for a while, myself.
> 
> In reading COS again, (for the umpteenth time), it hit me that 
> perhaps the houses aren't the same size.  


Brilliant idea, Borg!  I too assumed that the houses were all the 
same size.  That could also explain the reason why Griffindor & 
Slytherin are placed in classes together.  I can't remember if I've 
ever seen a Ravenclaw or a Hufflepuff sharing a class, either with 
Griffindors or Slytherins.  If the bulk of Hogwarts is made up of R's 
& H's, it would certainly "puff" up the numbers.  

And I wouldn't discount the "war = fewer children" theory, either.  
If that is the case, I wonder if there was a "wizard boom" a year or 
so after the war?  Perhaps Ginny's class (and the next few classes 
after) are larger?

- Denise (who was never very good with numbers, anyway)