Why was Hogwarts so adamant about having Harry go there?

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I was watching Fantastic Beasts and where to find them when Lumos shined above my head. It states in FB that if a wizard oppresses their power then it will turn into an obscurial/obscurios. This lead me to think that Hogwarts didnt want Harry to become an obscurios. This is because obscurioses are powerful forces that can cause a lot of havoc, and with Harry being a horcrux and having a part of Voldemort in him then he would be a very, very powerful obscurios.

Is this a reasonable reason? Or did Hogwarts just not want Harry to suffer with the Dursleys?

Harry was not an obscurus since he was not traumatized to the extent that Ariana Dumbledore or Credence Barebone were - he had the same amount of control over his powers as any other wizard. — Govind Parmar, Feb 16 '17 at 17:14
related: http://scifi.stackexchange.com/questions/145472/why-wasnt-this-character-an-obscurus — Edlothiad, Feb 16 '17 at 17:14

ThruGog · Answer 1 · 2017-02-16T17:45:25.000

Harry was not at risk of becoming an Obscurial because he was not repressing his magic. (From JK Rowling's new website: Why didn’t Harry Potter develop an Obscurus? An Obscurus is developed under very specific conditions: trauma associated with the use of magic, internalized hatred of one’s own magic and a conscious attempt to suppress it. http://www.jkrowling.com/welcome-to-my-new-website/ )

Hogwarts is the only school in the UK for wizards.

Hogwarts is the safest place in the UK for wizards - this is the main reason that it was important that he went: to be safe and under Dumbledore's close supervision. (Hagrid says: "There's no place safer than Gringotts, except maybe Hogwarts")

And Harry was enrolled at Hogwarts before his birth by his parents — iammg, Feb 20 '17 at 14:40

Why was Hogwarts so adamant about having Harry go there?

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