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When exams are cancelled do they cancel OWLs and NEWTs?

Posts: 24279 · Posted: December 22, 2007 6:59 pm Post subject:

I wouldn't think so. They aren't Hogwarts given, they are provided by the Ministry, so it's not the headmaster's call to cancel those tests.
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Posts: 723 · Posted: December 23, 2007 6:35 pm Post subject:

Besides, dont the O.W.L. & N.E.W.T. exams take place before the final exams?
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Posts: 17940 · Posted: December 25, 2007 3:16 am Post subject:

yes i had wondered that before in GoF, because suppossedly, the student who participates doesn't have to do the end of year exams, but how can this be the case if the most probable thing is that a 7th year student will be selected as a champion?
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[/i]Ordinary Wizarding Level examinations. O - W - L s, more commonly known as O.W.Ls

- Dolores Umbridge
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Posts: 28082 · Posted: December 27, 2007 9:59 am Post subject:

good question bery... so there might be an OWL and NEWT exam in addition to the end of year exams... so cedric (had he lived) would be exempt frm the end of year tests, but not his NEWTS. or maybe his newts will be rescheduled... i have no idea... but yeah thats a good question
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Posts: 17940 · Posted: December 27, 2007 12:57 pm Post subject:

the same, of course, happens in the 2nd book when dumbledore says there arent going to be any exams for all that happened with the chamber of secrects

so what's the deal with 5ths and 7ths year students?
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Posts: 28082 · Posted: December 27, 2007 1:51 pm Post subject:

as to that, maybe its just the end f term exams... not those taking newts and owls
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Posts: 24279 · Posted: December 27, 2007 8:28 pm Post subject:

I always assumed that the finals and the OWLS/NEWTS were always seperate. Just like in our schools. We always have to take finals, but in (in teh US, at least) we still have to take state and national tests, such as the CATs, SATs, ACTs, and, in some states, the Regents. The finals are given by the teachers and are approved of by the principal and can be controlled by the principal (and other school officials). Therefore, it makes sense that DD can cancel final exams, but he wouldn't have the authority to cancel the OWLS and the NEWTs.
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Posts: 28082 · Posted: December 27, 2007 11:56 pm Post subject:

hmm... so fifth years and seventh years take two exams... their hogwarts exams and theire owls/newts?
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Posts: 28082 · Posted: December 28, 2007 12:16 am Post subject:

ok. so thats what i thought it was. in the triwizard tournament, champions are exempt from end of year tests. since the candidate had to be over 18, they mustve been expecting seventh years. if seventh years are to take their newts, then the exams that are to be cancelled are just simply the end of term exams and not the newts. had cedric survived, he'd be taking his newts.
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Not 18 its 17

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Posts: 2504 · Posted: January 3, 2008 1:03 am Post subject:

yea, there would be a few 6th years that could have been choosen. I don't know though about the tests, I don't think that was ever answered. Though i did wonder that when i re read the 2nd one a couple of weeks ago.
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Mabye completing the triwizard tournament gives you top marks in some NEWT subjects such as charms or dada

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Is newt an animal? Because owl is an animal, and in Norwegian O.W.L. = U.G.L.E and N.E.W.T = Ø.G.L.E, and both ugle and øgle are animals.

(once again am I showing you all my faulty English knowledge ;p)
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Does anyone remember what N.E.W.T. stands for? I remember reading it in the third book, but it slipped my mind.
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nastily exhausting wizarding tests
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