I am and always have been obsessed with "Harry Potter." While having a "Harry Potter" marathon with a couple friends, I began to realize how much better going to Hogwarts would be than going to an actual college. Here are 10 reasons why I think Hogwarts is better:
1. Magic!
I do not know about you, but I am still waiting for my Hogwarts acceptance letter. These witches and wizards have flying cars, they can turn back time and they can do a lot of sweet things with their magic wands. I am jealous.
2. You get to bring your animal with you.
How many times do you wish you could bring your dog or cat to school with you? Well at Hogwarts, you are allowed to bring your animal. Most students bring owls, but you can also bring cats, rats, and toads.
3. The professors are better.
One can turn into a cat and another can turn into a werewolf. Also, they teach you how to make potions to give you good luck rather than learning about a chemistry problem that you will probably never use again.
4. Quidditch is WAY better than football.
Quidditch is played on a broom (I want a flying broom for Christmas). Instead of tackling one another and throwing balls, you get to fly around on broom sticks and chase magical balls. Sounds pretty sweet to me.
5. The sorting hat is so much cooler than going through sorority recruitment.
First of all, it is a lot less pressure. You do not have to talk to anyone or sell yourself to a house, this magical hat that they put on your head just puts you in a house, no questions asked. Sure, it is based off personality and things that the sorting hat knows about you that you probably do not even know, but it seems to work.
6. It would be awesome if the dorms were like the tents in the Goblet of Fire.
If you have ever seen the fourth Harry Potter movie (or even better, read the book), you would know that the tents they own may seem small on the outside, but when you walk in it is pretty extraordinary and HUGE, unlike dorm rooms.
7. Changing stairways to give you short cuts to class.
It would be great to be able to sleep in a little more before class, then use the moving staircases to get to class quicker. The only time it would suck is when you accidentally walk in on a three-headed dog.
8. The Feasts >>>>> dining hall foods
First of all, it is way more convenient that the food magically appears in front of you rather than waiting in a line for it. Also, the food looks delicious and sure would beat the soggy grilled cheese at the dining halls.
9. Instead of squirrels and the random stray cat running around a normal campus, there are very unique creatures running about in the magical world at Hogwarts.
While not all of the creatures in and around Hogwarts are friendly, like the giant spiders and Fluffy the three-headed dog, most of them are pretty awesome. There are centaurs, giants, and giant flying horse-birds all around the Hogwarts campus that pop up every now and again.
10. When they go off campus, they can visit the Three Broom Sticks and the Shrieking Shack, instead of just going to McDonald's or Jimmy Johns.
Honestly, the bars at Hogwarts are even cooler than they are on a real college campus. I still want to try a Butterbeer. Basically, everything is better in and around Hogwarts.
ONLY NEGATIVE OF HOGWARTS: No one of the opposite gender is allowed in your room at Hogwarts (but I like to think that most of the students probably found their way around this rule).
