Talk:Ruby Rose/@comment-35457188-20180501110046/@comment-4010415-20180501212321

@Swift180 Like Spirited said... Beacon is college, Signal is high school. Hell, they have to take a test just to get accepted into Beacon. Ozpin said so himself in Welcome to Beacon, in Blake's flashback of talking to him. Quote:

Ozpin: Wonderful. As you know, in order to enroll at my academy, students must first pass a rigorous entrance exam. Most applicants spend years of preparation training at one of the many combat schools around the world. You are one of the few that did not. And you passed the exam with flying colors.

High school is supposed to prepare you for college, and you're supposed to prove to the college you apply at that you're capable before they'll let you enroll.

Students begin attending Huntsman Academies, such as Beacon Academy, at age 17. Ruby started early at age 15. Check the source for the info that Ruby was 15 when she started Beacon. Like Spirited said, it's from a livestream the RWBY crew did before Volume 1 started coming out. Kerry Shawcross, one of the show's writers, said "Weiss, Blake, and Yang are 17, and Ruby's 15." Again, this livestream is from before Volume 1 began coming out. Volumes 1-3 only covered their first year of Beacon.