[HPforGrownups] O.W.L.s

[Juli]

No: HPFGUIDX 132432



--- davenclaw <daveshardell at yahoo.com> wrote:

> Does anyone understand how O.W.L.s work?  I can't
> figure out if the number refers to the number of
> courses in which you achieve O.W.L. (as if they are
> all pass/fail), or if it refers to the levels you
> attain overall in your tests, like a GPA (not sure
> if it would be a total or
> an average).
> 
> 
> -davenclaw

Since I'm not British I can't explain how the A level
(newt) and O level (owls) exams work completely
accurate, but as I see it, 2 years before graduating
you take the O exams, which will help you chose which
assigments you will take during the last 2 years,
those subjects that interest you most. The Grade (A,
E, F...) is simply a scale, like out of 10 when you
get a 9.8 it's excelent, or out of 20 as in France, 18
is an excelent grade, or the American system
(A-B-C-D-F) where everyhting over an F is a passing
grade, but not in the same quality.

As for the number of OWLS, most people agree that the
written exam is an owl, and the practical is another,
so Harry could get a maximum of 18 (transfiguration,
charms, DADA, potions, Care of Magical Creatures,
Herbology, Divination, Astronomy, History of Magic).
18 seems a lot considering Bill Weasley *only* got 12,
so put this way each class is an OWL. Now let's
consider Hermione, she has the same classes that HArry
does escept Divination, she has Acient Runes, (the one
with the numbers..oops). that gives us 10 classes, so
how could Bill have gotten 12 owls, which means 12
classes? Hermione, even with a TT couldn't do it, so I
guess it's pretty safe to say it's impossible. So once
again, the option is that each test is an OWL. Am I
making any sense at all?

Hope this helps,


Juli
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