Examine the Vials

[Guest Hogwarts Staff]

[glow=pink,2,300]Alchemy NEWT[/glow]

 

Congratulations - you’ve found your Alchemy NEWT. Alchemy is concerned with the transmutation of matter through alchemical means and as such you will be transforming the subject matter of a story.

 

Before taking this exam, you must have achieved the following:

• O in your Potions or Transfiguration OWL
  
• E or O in your Potions or Transfiguration OWL
  
• Pass in your Potions or Transfiguration NEWT

Should you take this exam without doing so, your results on it will be voided and your house will lose points.

 

This is one of your elective NEWTs, and taking it is purely optional. If you're ready to start it, you must post in this thread prior to making any of the posts/reviews/stories it requires. Be aware that though you are free to begin this exam at any time, once you sit down your house cannot begin another exam until you’ve completed this one. Keep in mind that the higher your score, the more points you'll earn, and you may find that a higher mark is a prerequisite to moving onto another exam or area.

 

To receive an A - Acceptable:

• Transform a story from one type of narrative to another (from a traditional narrative to letters or a newspaper article for example), or you may give a story an alternate ending. This may be your own story or a story by another author in your house. If you chose another author’s story, you must have their permission to do this, and must list it on the archive in your summary. If the other author requests it, you should list them as a co-author. This transformed story must be at least 500 words.

 

To receive an E - Exceeds Expectations

• Transform a story as stated above, but the transformed story must be at least 1,000 words.

 

To receive an O - Outstanding:

• You must transform a story as stated above, but the transformed story must be explored two different ways and must consist of 2,000 words between them. You may do this as one chapter combining the two different ways (a different person writing a letter about the events of the story in question, for example), or it may be done in 2 chapters.

 

Please do not include any indication that requirements for this exam are linked to the house cup outside of your house, either in the posts/reviews/stories themselves or on social media. You only have one chance to submit your exam, so choose what mark you want to aim for carefully. Once you've completed these tasks to your liking, post a reply to this topic including all of the relevant text and links.

 

Should you run into difficulties, you’re free to take a fail - but be aware that you won’t be able to change your mind later, and it may result in other areas of the maze and exams (along with any advantages passing them bestows) becoming permanently inaccessible to you even if you can find them the exams themselves.