[HPforGrownups] Number of Students at Hogwarts

[Carolina]

No: HPFGUIDX 75549

losangelis:
 <<Multiply those 100 students times the seven years, and you have 700.  
 Now, factor in that Harry's year (and the ones preceding) are perhaps
 a bit "light" due to the number of deaths at the time of LV and the
 DE's, and now the idea of 1000 students at Hogwarts isn't quite so
 far fetched.>>

Say, like 125 for the newcomers in GoF. Say 100. Now go to the description of 
the sorting in GoF:

Starting with

Ackerley, Stewart -R [Harry looks Cho while he seats]
Baddock, Malcolm -S [Harry looks]
Branstone, Eleanor- H
Cauldwell, Owen -H
Creevey, Dennis -G [the last tree in a row]
[Creevey reception, brief]
[Harry looks] Dobbs, Emma
[continues] boys and girls...
[McGonadall calls L] [Two lines of Ron & Nick] Madley, Laura -H
[Another two lines of Ron & Nick] McDonald, Natalie
[A line for nick and a small remark]
Pritchard, Graham -S
Quirke, Orla - R
[To end with...] Whitby, Kevin- H

I count eleven. Do you think there is time in the few pauses to sort 89 more 
children, even at a 30 seconds each rate? But please refute me, I've got a 
translated copy so I can't know for certain the exact timing.

just a thought,
silmariel