Board Thread:Speculation House/@comment-24177652-20141213090518/@comment-3146930-20150305031157

But then why would the school allow such a person to enter. I say this based on the fact that there are only so many chess pieces and as a result, only a certain number of students actually become full members of Beacon. As a result, the staff would have to look over every transcript submitted to them and pick the best of the best, eliminating anyone that doesn't make the cut. After getting a list of qualified students, then would need to eliminate them so only the best remain, which would probably be the highest scoring people for the entrance exam. Then the initiation could serve as a way to make teams based on those that scored the highest on the entrance exam.

Ruby's skills were already seen by Ozpin so it makes sense that she may not have taken it. It would also make sense that Blake would have to take such a test because she grew up outside the kingdoms, meaning there is no official record for her (sort of like getting a GED if you don't have a high school diploma). With Jaune, it makes no sense no matter how you look at it. If he said he studied at a school on his transcript, Beacon would obviously check with the school. If he said he was studied outside a school, they would need to check his abilities before accepting his application. I just don't see a winning situation where Jaune could hand in a piece of paper, have no one check his skills, and ten launch him off a cliff. It isn't like there all a lot of new students or anything, the staff could probably evaluate all of them within a day. Only logical explanation is Ozpin accepted him just on the family name alone, which is a horrible idea as Jaune would have died if not for Pyrrha.

Lastly I don't feel like the world of RWBY would be the kind that accepts needless fatalities. Despite Vale and probably the other kingdoms looking to be in pretty good condition, most of the world outside the cities are Grimm territory. As a result everyone is needed, if not as a Hunter then as a mechanic, or a Dust salesman, or maybe a cabbage merchant. With fewer people in the world, they should be trying to preserve people and not put them in a situation to allow them to die.