From the Desk of the Spreadsheet Sorceress: Advanced Studies Advanced Look!

We are getting into the swing of the term, and you are probably asking yourself, "Can we top last term???"  It is a tall order given how high we were able to SOAR! last term, but I know we're going to try!  And one of the traditional ways that Ravenclaw has always SOARED! is with Advanced Studies!

Our intrepid NEWT students are already working hard on their projects.  By having the most NEWT proposals of any house, they also created our first flashcard for the Periodic Table Prefects' Challenge!  Well done!!  With Ravenclaw's high completion rate for Advanced studies, winning NEWT proposals should give us a nice lead.  Slytherin is close on our heels with the NEWTs, but this spreadsheet sorceress is still projecting about a 800-point cushion from NEWTs!

OWL proposals are still coming in, but as of the writing of this post, Ravenclaw is catching up!  Gryffindor and Hufflepuff came out strong in the first few days of proposals, and they still hold the lead in number of proposals.  If you haven't proposed your OWL yet, you have until January 22!  Let's get another element flashcard by winning OWL proposals!

Even though we're not winning OWL proposals at the moment, our historically strong completion rate nearly makes up for it!  As you can see from the chart below, the current projection is virtually a tie in OWL points!  Just a few more OWL proposals could give Ravenclaw the lead in OWL points, though, so get those proposals in!  It's going to be an exciting race in Advanced Studies this term!

In total, based on historical Claw Lawg data, we're projecting that Ravenclaw will keep its edge in Advanced Studies, but it's clearly still anyone's game!  The Order of the Phoenix is accepting BROOMs starting January 7 (that's TOMORROW!) and Order Missions could really change things up! 

Let's cheer on our Advanced Studies students, get those OWL and Order Mission proposals in and continue to SOAR!!