[quote=@ERode]
Also, how exactly does the assessment thing work in terms of placing students into certain classes? Is Class C the dumping ground for underperforming students? What about the other 24 classes?

While I'm at it, are we all expected to have been at Avalice for the same amount of years, or what?
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So each semester, a student takes the assessment and the results are shared among the teaching staff and they decide who to take. A student can refuse an assignment if they have multiple offers or just hope someone else takes them. Class-C over the years has become the dumping ground for those who haven't performed well, and the whole "curse" rumor just blew up from there.

In most cases, all students are accepted at around 14-15 years of age so yes everyone would've spent the same amount of time at the academy. In fact, returning students of class-c should already know each other, at least in a classmate-sense.

EDIT: Ooh, I'll take a look then [@Dezuel]