Why is Hermione in Gryffindor

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From: Udderpd
> She is the cleverest Witch in eons and the Sorting hat put her in 
> Gryffindor. Why?
>
> I can think of two reasons:
>
> Either she is braver than she is clever. No doubting that she is a very 
> brave girl but she is also exceptionally clever, still maybe it's this?  
>
> Or the sorting hat put in Gryffindor because it knew that that would be  
> where she would be needed. Was she put there to help Harry?  
>
> We know that the Sorting Hat does a lot more than just sort First Years.  
>
> She definitely appears to be where she needs to be.
>
> Can someone else come up with any other ideas? Please! 



A few ideas I have..while she's obviously very smart, she's not quite the 
classic "nerd" that  we'd picture. She is very brave and is always joining Harry and Ron on their little adventures. I've always gotten the impression that Ravenclaws were smart, intellectual, and clever, but also somewhat aloof and dry, where Hermione is very enthusiastic  and adventurous. Looking at myself, I have traits to be in all 4 houses, I'm bold, smart, cunning, and loyal. 

Even though I'm a straight A student and have been accepted into schools like 
Brown and NYU and was in all AP classes, I wouldn't see myself as a Ravenclaw 
because even though I'm smart, I'm not nerdy or a bookworm and school isn't 
my life. I'd most likely be Slytherin or a Gryffindor even though I had the 
highest average in my class for Literature, Calculus 2, and Chemistry AP. 

The Slytherin in me is the person who never gives up until I get what I want and even commits fouls in soccer games.  The Gryffindor in me is that I don't dumb myself down to fit in, stand up for what I believe in, participate in extreme sports, was the only girl on the soccer team last year, and got up 
and was the lead of our school play with no training (we have a huge audience, not a typical school play). I'd say the Hufflepuff in me is the person that spent 2 hours trying to learn to dive yesterday, and still only dive half-right. I also see Hufflepuff traits in Hermione, and probably a lot of Ravenclaws also have Hufflepuff traits.