Take all the time you need to get through this--I know I wrote a lot...

( Life carries on, and on, and on… )

Thanks for taking the time to read this monstrosity, and I’ll look forward to getting feedback from all of you =)

I have sent you, don_t_hold_back an invite to the Hufflepuff commons, [Bad username: loyalhearts"]. Please go to your Communities section to accept it. :]

And to thibodaux, please reply to this post with your link to your application. I will not accept you if I can not find the application, and if you have zero posts on your lj. If it's a new journal for a member at loyalhearts then state and post your last journal's URL.

lissa ; hufflepuff prefect

To the new Slytherins, I have sent the_opheliac and caustic_core invitations to join the ahouseapart Common Room. You must go to your Communities section and accept the invitation.

Afterwards, welcome to the Elite.

-Sean-
Slytherin Prefect

OFFICIAL STAMPING

I went through and stamped those who have applied this year. Yes, all the way back to January. If you were one of those applicants that applied a while ago and would still like to be apart of the community, please leave me a comment to your official stamping that I left on your applications. You will then be invited to your common rooms.

Those of you who have applied recently, you have been stamped and will find yourself below. Your prefects will be inviting you to your common rooms shortly, so keep an eye out on your invites page. If you still have not been invited by tomorrow, comment here and I'll fix it for you.

Please say hello/check in at your common rooms. Prefects will think you are no longer willing to join if they do not hear from you and may prune you from their member list.

STAMPED
Gryffindor
highlighterrrr
happy_fan

Slytherin
the_opheliac
caustic_core

Hufflepuff
don_t_hold_back
aoineko

Squibbed
tragicromance88
coffeybeanz

POINTS FOR SORTING
Points were only counted on applicants voted on since the revamp. Just a reminder! Some of you did not include your house in your signature OR your vote in the subject line of your comment. Next time I will not award you points OR count your vote. Five points were awarded for every vote.

Gryffindor :: 3 votes = 15 points
Slytherin :: 7 votes + 1 referral by starbucks5721 = 45 points
Ravenclaw :: 19 votes = 95 points
Hufflepuff :: 8 votes = 40 points

Points will be recorded in THIS POST. You may see them as they are logged. The official point total will be updated by me and located at the bottom of this community's userinfo.

The revamp has been completed for the most part, everything is updated, and we are now beginning Term One.

All the information, links, rules, guidlines, and helpful tips are not now at your fingertips. You can start on your way to being sorted by checking out the links list to the right.

Please be advised that the quality standard will be enforced even though we are starting out. Your applications will be rejected in the posting cue if they are made only of one sentence answers, do not have the correct formatting, or show a lack of effort. Furthermore, you may be squibbed if members feel you are 'pushing' for a house, or cannot get a sense of your personality.

We welcome any and all members! Do not hesitate to join and fill out an application - however, if you are going to go to the trouble of filling out an application, make it a good one, give us a real sense of "you", plan to stay active in the communities ...

and most of all have fun ;)

- Amanda

Stamping will occur every Monday. That means tomorrow for all applications below.

WARNING: I used Deathly Hallows in here so if you don't want to have the story ruined if you haven't read it, don't sort me!

( It must be...) )

Thanks for visiting us here at Hogwarts Challenge. We are currently under heavy rennovation - that of which can be seen at the main community hogwartsch.

You are still free to join and post an application using the current application and following the current rules. All of this can be found in this community's userinfo. Please keep in mind however:

1.) Applications will be given proper time to be voted on, so it may not happen promptly.
2.) We will be doing group activities, small community-wide contests and group discussions while during renovation - those of which can be participated at hogwartsch. For ALL Deathly Hallows discussion, please visit hgch_greathall.
3.) Procedure will be pretty easy for now - however! the rules, userinfo, and the application itself will be undergoing some changes. Changes will take place once the details are hammered out and the community has agreed upon them. A notice will be made here, and afterwords the new applicaton and rules will be enforced.
4.)Although we are getting back on our feet, we reserve the right to withhold voting on an application if it is not thorough enough, shows effort, or reflects a clear personality. Also, this is not simply a stamping community - if you do not wish to participate in other ways, please do not join!

Thank you!