Anonymous
Post 10/21/2013 22:13     Subject: Chances of getting into Hogwarts Next Year
I've heard there is financial aid at Hogwarts. We don't rake in the galleons, so every knut would help. I'm a bit worried that the other students might look down on DS since we can't afford to buy him a Nimbus 2000 and we aren't Holyhead Harpies season ticket holders. Is DS in for a lifetime of hallway jinxing and dormitory dungbombing if we apply for aid?
Anonymous
Post 10/21/2013 22:04     Subject: Chances of getting into Hogwarts Next Year
My DS is exceptionally gifted at wizardry and I worry that he will be bored at Hogwarts. Should we be looking at Durmstrang Institute instead?
Anonymous
Post 10/21/2013 22:02     Subject: Chances of getting into Hogwarts Next Year
Hogwarts mom, is that you boosting your school again?
Anonymous
Post 10/21/2013 22:02     Subject: Chances of getting into Hogwarts Next Year
We're muggles and, despite DD's gift for magic, I worry about whether she'll fit in with all the wizards. Are normal people happy at Hogwarts?

Also, I've heard differing things about the elvish minority and how they are treated. Would someone be willing to speak to that?
Anonymous
Post 10/21/2013 19:57     Subject: Chances of getting into Hogwarts Next Year
Anonymous wrote:I don't know why anybody considers Hogwarts. It is your obligation to society to send your young wizard to muggle school. They will have a very unrealistic view of the world raised in such a elite atmosphere. Don't you want them to learn how the bulk of humanity lives? I am sure you can teach them everything they need to know about magic through intensive home tutoring after school. I think the only reason you send your children to Hogwarts is that you are afraid they will marry a muggle!


Petunia Dursley, is that you? You and your family are "the worst kind of muggles," as Minerva McGonagall so aptly said.
Anonymous
Post 10/21/2013 18:05     Subject: Chances of getting into Hogwarts Next Year
OMG, this is in the running for Best Thread Ever. Thanks for the laughs! They are well-needed during the application process!
Anonymous
Post 10/21/2013 17:49     Subject: Chances of getting into Hogwarts Next Year
I don't know why anybody considers Hogwarts. It is your obligation to society to send your young wizard to muggle school. They will have a very unrealistic view of the world raised in such a elite atmosphere. Don't you want them to learn how the bulk of humanity lives? I am sure you can teach them everything they need to know about magic through intensive home tutoring after school. I think the only reason you send your children to Hogwarts is that you are afraid they will marry a muggle!
Anonymous
Post 10/21/2013 17:32     Subject: Chances of getting into Hogwarts Next Year
Anonymous wrote:If your dd puts on her application that she wants to major in muggle studies, she may get an extra push. My neighbor's hair dresser's daughter did that and she got in when she had no other advantages (no legacy, pre-owls were average).


She is really interested in Hogwarts' STEM program (Scientifically Termed & Engineered Magic) so I don't think she would be able to get in and switch concentrations later but otherwise that would be something to consider.

As some PP's mentioned, the faculty turnover really bothers me. While Dumbledore and Snape's replacements are completely understandable (since they died), I am concerned with what seems like excessive turnover over the last seven years (Moody, Lockhart, Umbridge, Quirrell, Lupin, Barty Crouch Jr., and Carrow) just to name a few. It seems to me like too many changes in such a short period of time and that there was a serious lack of judgment IMHO in bringing most of these folks in the first place. Staff turnover has always been a hot button for me and I really have my antenna's up because of it.


Anonymous
Post 10/21/2013 10:03     Subject: Chances of getting into Hogwarts Next Year
Anonymous wrote:My DC is 10 years old and she isn't scoring very well on her Scantron Owls. Is there any hope that she will get in to any house other than Hufflepuff? I am wondering if she would do better in a tier 2 school. Are there any prep classes that could help? Unfortunately, we have no ties to the ministry and are both muggles. Also, my DD is deathly allergic to dogs and I heard a horrible rumor about a three headed dog. I'm wondering if a tier 2 school might be better option in any case for us due to safety. I am not a fan of the Triwizard Tournament.


OP, does your DC have undiagnosed ADD/ADHD? If you don't know, take her to be examined right away. Pretty sure she can get accommodations that will get in her to Gryffindor, no problem.
Anonymous
Post 10/21/2013 10:01     Subject: Chances of getting into Hogwarts Next Year
Anonymous wrote:Who is the new head at Hogwarts anyway? Dumbledore did some good things for the school but it was really time for him to go.


Percy Weasley was vying for the position, but I think he lost out to McGonagal.
Anonymous
Post 10/21/2013 09:59     Subject: Chances of getting into Hogwarts Next Year
Who is the new head at Hogwarts anyway? Dumbledore did some good things for the school but it was really time for him to go.
Anonymous
Post 10/21/2013 08:03     Subject: Re:Chances of getting into Hogwarts Next Year
Anonymous wrote:I laugh at DC bitches.

Signed

PoFuck USA


Me, too. And I live in DC!

Back to the original topic: I agree with others who have said the Sorting Hat will take strong preferences into acount.
Anonymous
Post 10/21/2013 07:21     Subject: Chances of getting into Hogwarts Next Year
If Barty Crouch were still in charge of the Ministry, a few galleons in the right places would probably be effective, but all that changed when Kingsley Shacklebolt took over. I think your best bet is some kind of hook. Can she do a few simple charms? Also, in the intetview, you might hint that she has a petronus.
Anonymous
Post 10/21/2013 07:18     Subject: Chances of getting into Hogwarts Next Year
If your dd puts on her application that she wants to major in muggle studies, she may get an extra push. My neighbor's hair dresser's daughter did that and she got in when she had no other advantages (no legacy, pre-owls were average).
Anonymous
Post 10/21/2013 07:13     Subject: Chances of getting into Hogwarts Next Year
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:I didn't go to hogwarts I'm that world or. Harvard in this world, no snark here (at least today ) but does hogwards or Harvard really change a persons life for the better?

Have there ever been studies done on the quality of life lived by tier 1 college grads v. tier 2 college grades.

Save the snark, it will be dismissed and it will not impress.

OP here- my brother was not cut out for any tier one schools. He went to a trade school instead making cauldrons to the highest specs. He lives hand to mouth but sometimes I wonder if he has a better life than we do so much less stress ( or so it seems). My husband and I both did well in the nonwizarding world but sometimes wonder if the rat race we live in is healthy but we have excellent financial security and want DD to have an even better life.

I honestly don't know if it is better to be a top student at Hufflepuff or low average at Ravenclaw. Will DD be prepared when she graduates from Hufflepuff? I'm concerned like a lot of other parents that if she ends up at Hufflepuff and doesn't perform well that she will end up as a groundskeeper or gameskeeper. In Ravenclaw will she reach her full potential due to the better peer influences? Anyone know if they offer special accomodations for muggle children?

Thanks PP on the Beauxbaton clarification. The marketing department can sometimes be misleading. Sometimes when you watch what they put out, you forget to go back and reread the written material. Like many parents, we read the material when the kids were younger and have forgotten some of it.


Love you, OP.