Was Hermione a Hatstall?

An archaic Hogwarts term for any new student whose Sorting takes longer than five minutes. This is an exceptionally long time for the Sorting Hat to deliberate, and occurs rarely, perhaps once every fifty years. Of Harry Potter’s contemporaries, Hermione Granger and Neville Longbottom came closest to being Hatstalls.

Why did Harry miss the sorting in Goblet of Fire?

Harry also missed the sorting his third year because a dementor had crawled into the trio’s compartment on the Hogwarts Express, and the very presence of the Dementor made Harry pass out. Harry was taken to Professor McGonagall’s office when the train reached Hogwarts.

How many times did Harry Potter miss the sorting?

In contrast, Harry openly mentions the Sorting Hat to his son Albus in Deathly Hallows, who appeared to have prior knowledge of it. Harry only attended three Sorting ceremonies, including his own, during his time at Hogwarts, due to a combination of circumstances.

Why was Minerva McGonagall a Hatstall?

A hatstall is the term for a student when the Sorting Hat takes longer than five minutes to deliberate over which they should be placed in. Ahem, it stalls. Professor Minerva McGonagall is the most famous hatstall. The Sorting Hat (questionably) chose to put Peter in Gryffindor over Slytherin.

What does the Sorting Hat decide at Hogwarts?

At Harry Potter’s Hogwarts, the Sorting Hat determines which house the students will be in when they are only 11 years old. The students are so young when the storying occurs that it’s no wonder that the Hat sometimes makes the wrong choice.

How did Gryffindor get its Sorting Hat?

The Sorting Hat originally belonged to Godric Gryffindor, one of the four founders of Hogwarts. The four founders used to hand-pick the students for their houses, but then realized someone else would have to do it after they died, so Gryffindor took off his hat, enchanted it, and let it choose.

How does the Sorting Hat decide what House You’re in?

At Harry Potter’s Hogwarts, the Sorting Hat determines which house the students will be in when they are only 11 years old. The students are so young when the storying occurs that it’s no wonder that the Hat sometimes makes the wrong choice. Dumbledore himself even mentions in the books that he sometimes thinks they sort the students too young.

Why was the Sorting Hat so inconsistent with how it sorted students?

Why, then, did the Sorting Hat look at the potential of what could be for some (like Neville), but only looked at what they currently are for others? The most likely reason the Sorting Hat was so inconsistent with how it sorted students is because of plot purposes. There was not a lot of inter-house mingling in the Harry Potter series.