Houses (was:Re: Thestral Boy)

[sleepingblyx]

No: HPFGUIDX 74887


> I just see no way the houses could always come up even.  The 
number 
> of students probably isn't always divisable by four.  And even if 
it 
> were, I don't think there'd always be the exact same number of 
> students in each house.
> 


I think there is a way they can keep them "in the ballpark" of 
evened out. You do have to be accepted into Hogwarts...obviously 
there is the witch or wizard sitting at home that for some reason 
never makes it to Hogwarts, or is chosen for another school. 

By restricting the number of students they accept every year, and by 
basing this acceptance on thier magic ability, family, and 
personalities, they could get a fairly rough estimate of who will be 
going where, and make the number of children accepted divisable by 
four. This way there wouldn't be one house with barely a Q. team, 
and another house with 1,000 kids in it. 

The outcome may seem random, but I am sure they can alter the 
variables to produce a needed result-- just to keep things on an 
even playing field. We really don't know if there is some giant 
teacher's conference between schools when they sort or who will be 
going where.. or if some student chooses not to attend that there 
isn't some "B" list sitting around.