User blog comment:Zathronas/Speculative author: What is Cinder's plan?/@comment-16241789-20140803233812/@comment-25185936-20140805012647

I do not think that Cinder was previously affiliated with the school mostly because like what others said, Ozpin would've most likely recognized her. I'm going with the personal vendetta idea mostly because I think it's kinda hard to make a slip up like that. Well, I guess if Jaune can fake transcripts then she can sneak in, but I doubt that's the case. Also, going to what @Zathronas and the other guy were saying is that I don't think it's an in-and-out mission personally because there was that little sneak peek with Emerald and Mercury when he was fighting Pyrrha I think it was, and while it's possible that Cinder completed her objective and left, I feel like she could've more simply had Emerald and Mercury complete whatever she would've wanted to do without having to blow her cover (if she need one, that is).