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HookshotHotshot wrote: @Ray

Yeah, I know that. That's not what I was getting at.

Siren said that the team fails exams, and these happen when they're in school. Taking the test to enter the school is, I imagine, much harder because you're out to prove your worth and prove you deserve to go to the academy; you aren't out to learn. I would imagine mistakes are judged much more harshly because if you don't show the judges (or however they decide) your best, what reason do they have to help you? Try again next time. But when you're learning, the teachers have seen your worth and, if you make a mistake they'll know what you're capable of and may give you a bit of leeway. The way I always pictured it, the Entrance Exams are harder than the ordinary exams, and if the team isn't doing well on the ordinary exams, I wanted to know how they got accepted.

I'm sorry if I came off as harsh, I was honestly just curious... The team passed their individual entrance exams, the ones that pre-dated the Emerald Forest exam, without much issue. They were all prepared and, with the exception of Eve who passed with above average scores, Automne, Tyrian, and Petunia passed the entrance exams with average scores and only a couple of slip-ups. As individuals they're all decent. They each have numerous shortcomings and weaknesses, but are proficient enough in their own fighting styles to pass as average huntsman on a good day. (Side note: If Jaune Arc could pass the entrance exam with the little experience he clearly had in Volume 1 I can't imagine it being too hard.)

The reason the team consistently fails their exams though is because they became comfortable and too reliant upon one another after they met in the Emerald Forest. As a result they let their personal relationships distract them and are incapable of completing a task without issues. They constantly blame one another for mistakes and miscalculations and as a result their performance as a group suffers. An example: In a group simulation the team failed to secure an objective because Automne forgot to clear a room and rather than work together and address the enemies with their full attention the team began shouting at each other. As a result they lost the objective and failed the simulation.