Board Thread:Episode Discussion/@comment-26417457-20170511220044/@comment-26397825-20170512061334

I personally like the idea of initiation failures (or extras who are the odd ones out and don't get a team) have the option of getting themselves apprenticed to a Huntsman rather than attending the school. It'd be tougher due to being thrown into the thick of things right from the start but it'd be a viable way to explain why everyone in RWBY's year is the same age and there are no odd people without a full team running around.