User blog comment:Zolnir/Welcome To Beacon/@comment-173.58.251.107-20140801004552/@comment-2006510-20140801014050

It also seems likely transcripts can bypass the exam, or they assumed he passed them at previous schools, when in fact he hadn't gone to previous schools at all (namely, the combat ones). The transcript gave him everything he needed

Either way, they clearly don't ask the students directly about how much knowledge they have, or not; they just handle the paperwork stuff - that and the Initiation is the Beacon entrance/final acceptance exam (getting in before that is enough for many imo)