Exceeds-Expectations

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'.
==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. Severus Snape however, required an 'Outstanding' from his Potions students. 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.
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.
==Recipients of an E==
Known students 	Subject	Date
Harry Potter 	
*Care of Magical Creatures O.W.L.
*Charms O.W.L.
*Herbology O.W.L.
*Potions O.W.L.
*Transfiguration O.W.L.	1996
Hermione Granger 	
*Defence Against the Dark Arts O.W.L.	1996
Ron Weasley 	
*Care of Magical Creatures O.W.L.
*Charms O.W.L.
*Defence Against the Dark Arts O.W.L.
*Herbology O.W.L.
*Potions O.W.L.
*Transfiguration O.W.L.	1996
Neville Longbottom	
*Charms O.W.L.
*Defence Against the Dark Arts O.W.L.	1996
==W.O.M.B.A.T. certificates==
Wombat-exceeds expectations.jpg|Grade 1
Wombat2-exceeds.jpg|Grade 2
Wombat3-exceeds.jpg|Grade 3
==Other grades==
==Appearances==
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==Notes and references==
Category:Exam-Grades