[HPforGrownups] How many students [was Re: Random ideas]

[Torsten]

No: HPFGUIDX 51741

bboy_mn:
>I think Hufflepuff would be the largest, these are the common working
>man. [...]
>Second largest would be Ravenclaw, the intellectuals.[...] 
>Slytherin would be relatively small. [...]
>Gryffindor would also be relatively small.

Basically I'd agree. However, consider the House Cup and Quidditch. The average 
student finishes the years with a positive amount of points for his house. If we assume 
Hufflepuff and Ravenclaw to be about double the size of Gryffindor and Slytherin, the 
latter two should stand no chance - at least before Harry 'Me and my sidekicks save the 
day which will get us enough points' Potter showed up. Even Snape can't take that 
many points from them.

It's similar for Quidditch, with double the number of possible players to draw from, R 
and H should have stronger teams on average.

If not for that, I'd go with the 40/40/20/20 approach.

-Torsten