User blog comment:Icchi/About the initiation/@comment-23784953-20130820144755

Law of conservation of detail. There could be over 400 first year students in Beacon. We just didn't see them because they're irrelevant until further notice.

The initiation is The First Step. Sure, you get enrolled to the best school, but are you cut out for it? That's what the Initiation is for.

Speculation says that the relic a pair will find will be similar to a relic another pair will find, which will decide everbody's team. and thus, Team RWBY and Team AlphaB will be formed from that method.

Definitely a hammer rifle. I want it to be a railgun-hammer though. It's the only way to incorporate the thunder aspect without using Dust. Considering she is a walking reference to Norse Mythology.