Since people are discussing house selection and stuff I figure I'll try and have the character sheet up tomorrow. But before that there's some information that might help people tweak their characters. Mahoutokoro students are given enchanted robes to indicate their skill at magic. First years will always have a pink robe but the colors change as a wizard grows. The colors themselves are not going to be bound by year (excepting first years, if anyone is making one). However, for anyone playing a student in their final year they could be what is called a Gold Robe. Think a prefect only for the eight students with the highest marks. 

More information will be given in the OOC proper, of course, including the color options, but anyone wanting to be a Gold Robe student is required to be a seventh year. Since this is set in a Japanese school it will be using Japanese school schedules. Years 5-7 are essentially 'high school' while Years 2-4 are 'junior high' in terms of course load while first years would be like the end of elementary school and an introduction to the boarding school lifestyle. 

On the topic of robe colors, no one will be allowed to have a white robe as there is a lore reason for it and also because those vaguely hinted at dark whispers might already have the market cornered.