O.W.L.s

[amiabledorsai]

No: HPFGUIDX 132519

John Kearns:

> 
> Maybe it's the math teacher in me, but I still can't work this so it 
> makes sense with 12 being the maximum. 
 
> Indeed there are 12 classes, but how could Percy and Barty Crouch, 
> Jr. have each earned 12 OWLs?  Hermione only managed to take all 12 
> for one year, thanks to the time turner.  Now she's in 10, and Harry 
> 9.  It can't be THAT routine to hand out time turners to top 
> students.


Amiable Dorsai:

Assuming they will let you take the test even if you haven't been
taking a formal class, Hermione will probably get her OWL in Muggle
Studies.  She may even squeak out a divination OWL, assuming that one
can get an "A" just by knowing the theory.  She's an amazing
autodidact, after all.

Percy's study habits were at least as compulsive as Hermione's, maybe
more so, and so far as we know, he didn't spend much time being
petrified, writing lesson plans for CoMC teachers, fighting evil
headmistresses, or saving the world.  (Extracurricular activities like
that, while they look good on a college application, do cut into your
study time.)  So Percy and Crouch may have gotten a few extra OWLs by
independent study.

Amiable Dorsai