Hermione Granger is an all-star student, the likes of which Hogwarts has never seen. She has an insatiable thirst for knowledge, always finishes her assignments early and, in her third year, took every elective offered to her. When she is first introduced to the Harry Potter world, Hermione comes across as a bit of a prim and proper know-it-all. At the beginning of the series, Hermione stated that expulsion from Hogwarts is a fate worse than death. One would think that an academic as serious as Hermione would be put into the Ravenclaw house, where book smarts are the pinnacle of importance.