User blog comment:Zolnir/Welcome To Beacon/@comment-173.58.251.107-20140801004552/@comment-3146930-20140803231013

Blake wouldn't need fake papers. In the episode it is mentioned she took the required test and never went to a combat school because she lived outside the kingdoms. This would mean that you don't need to go to a combat school to take the required test for Beacon, it just helps. Based on this, as long as Blake didn't mention that she was an ex-White Fang member then she would be fine. I mean if for example I was in a cult and left, as long as I don't mention I was in a cult when applying for college then it shouldn't be an issue.

However the initiation and the rigorous entrance exam Ozpin mentions may be two different things. Ozpin mentions that just to enroll in the school, students must pass this test. Meaning that by the time everyone arrived at Beacon, they were already considered students of Beacon. The initiation was a way to form teams and possibly measure the power levels of each student.