Could Ron get more OWLs than Harry?

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Joanna said:
> So what do you guys think?  Is it possible for Ron to get more OWLs 
> than Harry, or is this situation totally improbable?  What are YOUR 
> predictions for the Trio's individal OWL scores?  (With the 
> exception of Hermione... I think we all know what hers will be!) :)

I think your answers are well-reasoned. I think we can plan on Hermione getting eleven 
OWLs (no Divination), with probably a good proportion being Outstandings.

Ron won't get OWLs in Muggle Studies, Ancient Runes or Arithmancy, since neither he nor 
Harry took them. But he'll probably get at least Acceptable in Potions (really--have we ever 
seen him have a problem in the class, for all that he hates Snape?), Astronomy (though 
how they'll handle the fact that everyone stopped working twenty minutes before the end, 
I have no idea), History, Charms, Care of Magical Creatures, Transfiguration and 
Herbology. I personally expect Ron to get Excellents or Outstandings in DADA (duh) and... 
wait for it... Divination. So that would be, actually, nine. I think the only one he might 
really bomb on would be Transfigurations.

Harry is certain to get an Outstanding in DADA. I doubt he'll pass Divination or (obviously) 
History--though we don't know whether the partial answers he gave mightn't have been 
enough for a passing grade. I strongly suspect he'll get either Acceptables or Excellents in 
Charms, Herbology, Care of Magical Creatures, and (possibly) Astronomy. I remember that 
he did particularly well in Transfiguration--I assume he got an Excellent or Outstanding 
there. The one I'm going to go out on a limb for is Potions. I assume he gets an 
Outstanding here--but only because JKR has set it up that Harry wants to be an Auror and 
can't if he doesn't get into NEWT-level Potions. (I also assume that Neville will be there 
too, but only because, well, what would Potions be without Neville?) So that's seven OWLs, 
with two to four Outstandings. 

I think your analysis, then, was dead on. But I'm sure Ms. Rowling has some surprises up 
her sleeve for us....

Antosha, who wishes he'd done better on his Charms OWLs, so that he could make all of 
the unfinished work he should be getting to go away.....