User blog comment:Robykirby/How old is Nora?/@comment-24342832-20140516065000

It may be flimsy, but it is still reasonible.

It could be that she's younger, or not. Did they actually say that you must be 17 to get in? Sure, it is unlikely that you will get in if you are younger, simply because of a lack of skill. If a 8 year old had the mental and physical ability of Beaconb's best studant wouldn't they be allowed in? (I know that exact scenario is unlikely, but it's the idea I'm interested in)

Now I have no idea where this idea came from but I got the idea that Nora was actually older, buti have no evidence for that. People start school at different times so it is logical that she wont be the same age, and there could be some decent story to say she is 12, but I doubt it.