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- "Well done — a most creditable performance! We are impressed by the breadth of your magical knowledge and your level of insight into the wizarding world."
- — 'Exceeds Expectations'-graded W.O.M.B.A.T.[src]
Exceeds Expectations was one of the three passing grades, and one of six grades overall, in the Ordinary Wizarding Levels, Nastily Exhausting Wizarding Tests, and Wizards' Ordinary Magic and Basic Aptitude Tests. It was the second highest mark, immediately below 'Outstanding' and immediately above 'Acceptable'.[1]
Advancement[]
Most professors at Hogwarts set their N.E.W.T. classes entrance standards at 'Exceeds Expectations', meaning that the students must acquire such a grade in their O.W.L. in order to continue.[2] Severus Snape however, required an 'Outstanding' from his Potions students.[3] Professor Horace Slughorn, later however, accepted students with 'Exceeds Expectations' when Snape went on to teach Defence Against the Dark Arts; Snape also lowered his standards to accepting students who earned 'Exceeds Expectations' when he switched subjects, as Ronald Weasley and Hermione Granger, both of whom did not earn 'Outstanding', were permitted to take advanced studies.[2]
In 1995, Fred and George Weasley joked that they should have earned "E's" in all of their O.W.L.s, since they exceeded expectations just by showing up for the exams.[1]
Recipients of an E[]
Known students | Subject | Date |
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Andre Egwu |
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1991 |
Barnaby Lee |
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Charles Weasley |
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Corey Hayden |
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Nymphadora Tonks |
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Harry Potter |
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1996 |
Hermione Granger |
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Ron Weasley | ||
Neville Longbottom |
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W.O.M.B.A.T. certificates[]
Other grades[]
Exam grades | |
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Passing grades | Fail grades |
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Appearances[]
- Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (First mentioned)
- Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (video game)
- Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (First appearance)
- Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (film) (Mentioned only)
- Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (video game) (Mentioned only)
- J. K. Rowling's official site
- Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery
- Harry Potter: Wizards Unite (Mentioned only)
Notes and references[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, Chapter 15 (The Hogwarts High Inquisitor)
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, Chapter 9 (The Half-Blood Prince)
- ↑ Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, Chapter 12 (Professor Umbridge)
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery, Year 7, Side Quest "Nastily Exhausting Wizarding Tests"
- ↑ Even though Tonks does not say outright she got an Exceeds Expectations in Charms in Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery, her reaction makes it unlikely she earned the top mark; it is known through Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, Chapter 29 (Careers Advice) she must have not have anything lower than Exceeds Expectations or else she couldn't have progressed to the Auror recruitment programme.
- ↑ 6.00 6.01 6.02 6.03 6.04 6.05 6.06 6.07 6.08 6.09 6.10 6.11 Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, Chapter 5 (An Excess of Phlegm)