CHAPTER DISCUSSION: Chapter 31, O.W.L.s

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Juli wrote:
 
> But then how could someone get 12 OWLs? I'm talking
> about Barty Crouch Jr and Bill Weasley, they both got
> 12 OWLs, and we know you can't have so many classes,
> even Hermione couldn't handle more than 8 classes in
> PoA, so how could anyone take 12?
> 

Now Cory:

I'm not sure about this (and I'm travelling and don't have access to 
my books right now), but I always assumed it was possible to take the 
OWL exams for courses that you had taken in prior years but might not 
be taking as a fifth year.  Thus, a student might have taken, say, 
Divination as a 3rd & 4th year and not as a 5th year, but might still 
receive an OWL for it if they were able to pass the exam as a fifth 
year.  By mixing courses like that over the first five years, a 
student might be able to get 12.

--Cory