O.W.L.s

Jonathan Price jonathan.d.price at gmail.com
Mon Jul 11 15:20:28 UTC 2005


No: HPFGUIDX 132441

On 11/07/05, 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
 

 
Hi, new here, I will launch stright in . . .

In the UK, if you say that you have, say, 4 A-Levels it means that you have 4 separate qualifications, in 4 different subjects. If OWLs work in the same way (and there is no real reason to think they don't), then to say that someone has 9 OWLs means that they have passed OWLs in 9 subjects at grade A or above.

Info on the British examination system here to give you context:
http://www.hp-lexicon.org/essays/essay-newts-owls.html

Wikipedia on OWLs here to give you a grade list:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ordinary_Wizarding_Level


Cheers
Jono








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