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*[[Fred and George Weasley]] (mentioned above, left during the rule of [[Dolores Umbridge]], before exams and started their own joke shop).
 
*[[Fred and George Weasley]] (mentioned above, left during the rule of [[Dolores Umbridge]], before exams and started their own joke shop).
 
*[[Cedric Diggory]] (died during the [[Triwizard Tournament]] in [[1995]])
 
*[[Cedric Diggory]] (died during the [[Triwizard Tournament]] in [[1995]])
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* [[Colin Creevy]] (died during the final battle)
   
 
==Behind the scenes==
 
==Behind the scenes==

Revision as of 23:29, 13 September 2014

A Nastily Exhausting Wizarding Test (often abbreviated N.E.W.T.) is a subject-specific exam that seventh year wizards and witches at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry take to help them pursue certain careers after their graduation. For instance, the Ministry of Magic only accepts Auror applicants with at least five N.E.W.T.s with top grades of either 'Exceeds Expectations' or 'Outstanding'.[1]

Classes

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 Hogwarts Professors will accept an 'Exceeds Expectations' on the student's O.W.L. for a class in order to allow them to advance to N.E.W.T.-level. However, some professors like Severus Snape, would only let students with an 'Outstanding' in their O.W.L. pass through to his Potions N.E.W.T. class, although he did accept students with 'Exceeds Expectations' into his N.E.W.T.-level D.A.D.A. class during the 1996–1997 school year. This may or may not have been at the prompting of Professor Dumbledore.[2]

Known students who passed N.E.W.T.s

Aurors[3]

Healers[4]

Others

Notable students who did not take N.E.W.T.s

Not all wizards pass or even take the N.E.W.T.s, as they can find other jobs using their O.W.L. results. Fred and George Weasley, for example, did not bother taking the N.E.W.T.s and left Hogwarts to set up a joke shop. However, it should be noted that the immediate cause of their departure was to evade the much-disliked Professor Umbridge, and that the aim of most students was always to return for the final two years.

Behind the scenes

See also

Notes and references

  1. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
  2. Ron is still in Snape's class with Harry, even though it's noted earlier in the book that he did not get any "Outstanding" O.W.L.s.
  3. Most likely, seen as becoming an Auror requires a minimum of five N.E.W.T.s.
  4. Requirements to become a Healer include N.E.W.T.s of at least grade E in the subjects of Transfiguration, Potions, Charms, Herbology and Defence Against the Dark Arts.
  5. PotterCast Interviews J.K. Rowling, part one
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