Nastily Exhausting Wizarding Test
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N.E.W.T.s (Nastily Exhausting Wizarding Tests) are subject-specific exams that seventh-year wizards and witches at Hogwarts take to help place them in a position at the Ministry of Magic. As not all wizards pass or even take the N.E.W.T.s, they can find other jobs using their O.W.L. results.
A student must have previously achieved an O.W.L. in the subject in order to move on to N.E.W.T.-level classes. Most Professors will accept an "Exceeds Expectations" in the student's O.W.L. for a class in order to allow them into the N.E.W.T.-level classes; however, some, such as Severus Snape, would only let students with an "Outstanding" in their O.W.L. pass through to his Potions N.E.W.T. class.
The N.E.W.T. is comparable to the Muggle A-Level ("A" for "Advanced") given at the same stage of education in England and Wales, the Advanced Higher examination given at this stage in Scotland, or the S.A.T. "Scholastic Aptitude Test" given in the United States.
[edit] Known Students to Have Passed N.E.W.T.s
- John Dawlish
- Albus Dumbledore
- Hermione Granger
- Tom Marvolo Riddle
- Percy Weasley
- Most likely others who worked for the Ministry of Magic, such as Arthur Weasley and Mafalda Hopkirk
