Board Thread:Speculation House/@comment-24177652-20141213090518/@comment-3146930-20150305011006

Pnakasone wrote:

It is also probably not the first time some one BS their way into Beacon. The Initiation is actualy the real test. A swim or drowned test may also be the best way to eliminate the ones who could do well in controlled classroom conditions but would fail in actual real world situations. It would also work in reverse.

The problem is if you pass you pass, but if you fail you don't just get sent home (except maybe in a coffin). Simply accepting a transcript and then going straight into launching them off a cliff without any kind of serious evaluation of their skills is almost impossible to believe.

Not to mention Ozpin mentions Blake passed with flying colors, despite Blake probably doing the least amount of work when compared to the other members of her team and other students in general (Ruby came up with the plan, Yang got the Nevermore into passion, Weiss did a ton of stuff, and Blake supplied the ribbon). Before that Blake took down an Ursa which is somewhat impressive, but Ren took down a giant snake, plus Nora and Yang also took down an Ursa. We never really see Blake do anything that would give her a "flying colors" passing grade. The only other explanation would be that there is some kind of entrance exam outside the initiation.