You’ve always wanted to receive a letter to Hogwarts, and it turns out you might have already received it — that is if you are a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and you served a mission. Here are 21 signs that the Missionary Training Center might actually be Hogwarts in disguise.

1. Both get their acceptance letters in the mail.

Missionaries wait weeks anticipating their mission call to come in the mail. That isn’t quite as long as waiting for a Hogwarts acceptance letter, but you get the point.

2. Both are schools meant to train the next generation.

Missionaries spend a minimum of two weeks in the MTC.

3. Both fight against the Dark Lord.

We’re talking about Satan here, people!

4. Both use trains as a form of transportation.

Some missionaries at the Provo MTC are now sent on Frontrunner, a railway in Utah, to get to the airport.

5. Both have high security.

There’s a protective fence lining the MTC with a “scary” security guard watching all who enter.

6. There’s a dress code.

Suit, tie, knee-length skirts — you know the drill.

7. Both have rules against wandering the halls at night.

The rigid missionary schedule never fails.

8. It’s thrilling to leave the school boundaries.

“Oh Babylon, oh Babylon….” An expedition to the temple, the Marriott Center for a devotional — whereever it is, it is exciting to leave.

9. Both have their own special type of “beer.”

Root beer or apple beer (only in Utah do people know what that is).

10. There is crazy turnover in the Defense Against the Dark Arts teaching position.

Because the MTC staff is stocked with BYU students, there is huge turnover as students graduate or reach their three-year teaching cap.

11. It’s exclusive.

Muggles have their place. Only worthy LDS members have their place … or, in other words, are permitted to serve missions.

12. Students turn to sports for a break from their work.

Quidditch=Gym Time

13. Both have foreign students.

Missionaries come from all over the world to learn in the MTC.

14. Both teach the importance of pronunciation.

Any missionary who has learned a new language can attest to some embarrassing story from mispronounced words.

15. Both have their own army.

Dumbledore’s Army=Helaman’s Army

16. You’re sorted into houses.

AKA: Missions. OK, so it is the Lord that picks where you’ll serve, but it’s based on who you are just like the sorting hat takes each wizard’s personality to sort them into a house. Missionaries don’t get to choose where they go.

17. Each missionary has probably met their Malfoy playing basketball or Four Square in the gym.

18. They have magic.

Mormons don’t ever call the priesthood “magic,” but it’s God’s power on earth, which works miracles. It’s kind of the same thing … maybe.

19. There’s a Great Hall with an all-you-can-eat buffet.

Freshman 15? Ha! Bring on the missionary 30.

20. A headmaster with words of wisdom.

Weekly devotionals with the MTC president or LDS Church leaders means a lot of note taking.

21. Both are magical places that change young peoples’ lives.

1,000 points to the Mormon missionaries!