Board Thread:Speculation House/@comment-14138255-20140815002519/@comment-24994749-20140827021232

Kuro Neko00 wrote: Wouldn't the combat schools, let alone Beacon, require physicals? I'm not saying you're wrong, it's possible. But I feel it's unlikely. More likely he simply doesn't have a lot of stamina, much in the same way that Weiss doesn't. If he's a bookworm then while he might have a lot of skill, he just doesn't use it enough in sustained time periods to build up that stamina. He would have practiced to gain and maintain skill but not for the sheer enjoyment of it like Ruby or Yang would. I feel Weiss is the same way. Combat is a means to an end for her, not something to be enjoyed for it's own sake, like how I think Ruby, Yang, Nora and maybe Pyrrha do. Weiss has a bit more stamina then Ren does I think simply because she's a perfectionist. She would have practiced a lot more before she decided her skill was at the level she wanted.

To the other thing, Ren joining to keep Nora out of trouble, that makes a lot of sense. It might not be quite that one sided, but it's certainly possible, maybe even likely to a lesser or greater degree. It's possible Upper Level Academies like Beacon rely on the physicals provided by Combat schools like Signal or Sanctum in their transcripts. There is no indications of the students having to attend the place before the Initiation. If someone was really from outside of the Kingdoms aplied, odds are they would have no medical history. Ultimately, if you can survive the initiation at the Emerald Forest, it doesn't really matter if you have some sort of medical condition.