Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-29825054-20160922210645/@comment-29825054-20160924185006

SpiritedDreaming wrote: I'm fairly certain that they mention Signal level schools being 4 years, the same as Beacon. In that case, students would enrol at 13, go through till they're 16, and then enrol in Beacon at 17.

I'm not entirely certain if that is the case though. I don't think thats the case, cause that would mean ruby only did 2 years, and maybe that was enough for her to craft her weapon, but she wouldn't be able to fight so well. Then again, she was trained by Qrow...

If Signal is a combat school, I assume it covers most, if not all of the basics for aura, combat, dust, weapon crafting, weapon usage etc. Since we havent seen any of that being teached in beacon, I shall assume that they are considered already known by students that attend Beacon. So I conclude it is a 5-year school at least, since all that stuff can't be taught in 4 years in a non rushed way,.

That's just what I think, anyway.