[HPforGrownups] Re: Hermione Aging via Time turner and an owls question

[Kathryn Cawte]

No: HPFGUIDX 53559

 

 Ginger wrote -
This brings her down to ten subjects.  Required: Transfiguration, 
Herbology, DADA, Potions, Charms, History of Magic, and Astronomy.  
Elective:  Ancient Runes, Arithmancy, and Care of Magical Creatures.
 
If I understand the OWLs correctly, one can get an OWL for each 
subject.  This would mean that she would be able to get 10 OWLs at 
the most.  How did Percy (in CoS) and Barty Jr. (mentioned in GoF) 
manage to get 12 OWLs?  (I think it is mentioned that Bill did too, 
but I can't find it offhand.)  Were they given time-turners or did 
they have to really juggle their schedules, or am I just 
understanding OWLs wrong? 
 
Me -
Maybe you can do more than one exam for some of the subjects. For example I
studied 'science' at school for GCSE but got two grades at the end of the
course, or with maths you can do say statistics or algebra or something.
Maybe arithmancy can be split. Or since I assume you drop some subjects
before you do your newts maybe they let you sit exams in Transfiguration and
Advanced transfiguration, with the advanced exam only being sat by those
students who will carry on to take NEWT level Transfiguration.
Or perhaps there are some basic exams that you don't have classes in because
they're taught across the syllabus like say - Magical Theory?

K