Board Thread:Speculation House/@comment-10380701-20150808021719/@comment-410526-20150808144106

I think Weiss does the thing a lot of kids do when they are faced with their next stage in life. We know that she doesn't really have a clue how she's going to achieve her life goals. So instead she puts off that decision by just continuing to do what she's done all her life: learn. We know that she's received prior combat training ("Remember your training, Weiss..."). She's literally the kid who's just finished high school, doesn't really know what they're going to do, so decides to apply for college and continue learning cause that's all she knows how to do.

And the parallel doesn't stop there, either. Learning how to be a Huntress probably teaches you a lot of things other than fighting shadow bears - it (supposedly) teaches you discipline, teamwork and leadership (or well, maybe not in Weiss' case, but that would explain why she was so adamant about being leader of Team RWBY). Learning how to be a Huntress might not be directly related to running a company, but it would give Weiss a "toolbox" that she could utilise as CEO/owner/Chairwoman of the Board of Directors of the company. Same reason why a lot of politicians don't necessarily have a degree in Politics, or a lot of CEOs don't have a degree in business. In theory, at least.

Another interesting thing to speculate about: We don't know what Winter's doing at the moment either. She could be an officer in the Atlesian military or, a biologist studying Grimm or a sous chef for a big restaurant for all we know.