Letters

[potioncat]

No: HPFGUIDX 184230


> In message 20884
> rowanbrookt@ wrote:
> > > Would it have come on my 11th birthday (the 16th of
> > > October) and then I would wait until September the
> > > next year before I went to Hogwarts. Or would the
> > > letter arrive in the summer just before September.
> 
>Ruth answered:
> In most English schools the cut off date is August 31st,
> any student entering 1st year would have to be 11 by
> August 31st or sometime in late August at any rate.


Potioncat:
It looks like Ruth has been wandering around in the Chamber of 
Ancient Posts. Lots of interesting stuff in there.

Rowanbrookt--no longer around, I think--was asking when the letter 
came. There was a time when some fans thought the letter came on the 
student's 11th birthday--whenever the birthday was. I think it was 
because Harry's first letter was delivered (finally) on his birthday. 
The letters are sent in the summer, shortly before school starts. We 
see that in CoS when all the Weasleys get their letters. 

Come to think of it, no one made any fuss about Ginny's welcoming  
letter to Hogwarts. I'll bet they don't have any photos of her as a 
baby either!