Name: How to Study in Japan Q&A 日本での留学についてＱ＆Ａ
Uploaded: 2020-03-24T16:02:30.000Z
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Greg is after me again today, because what's your question?

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I've been getting tens of questions about going to school in Japan.

What it's like, how I got into university in Japan and, like, a 1,000,000 things like that.

So I decided that we should do an updated version of my school in Japan.

And I asked on Twitter for your guys, these questions and you sent me tons of good one.

So I'm gonna be looking at my phone and reading your guys those questions off here.

So first of all, how did you guys get into school in Japan?

Well, me and great book Two different programs.

Actually, I started off with the same program that great did, which was one year language programs to come here and learn Japanese language and culture.

And then I transferred into the school to finish my bachelors.

In Greg's case, he started off at American University, right?

Well, I talked to my Japanese teacher about once a study abroad in Japan and that she's the one that referred me to our international center and from their international center.

Since most schools usually have sister schools with schools and different country, I came here to Tokyo, so I studied here for one year Japanese in Japanese culture.

I was enrolled in the university in Canada, and then I just went to the International Center and asked them what kind of programs they have for coming to Japan.

And they gave me a list of, I think, three schools to choose from.

Um, and I just chose to come here for a one year Japanese language program to start off with, and I was planning on going home, but I really liked it.

So I stayed here and I transferred to the university.

But having that one year experience here in just the Japanese language program, I made lots of connections, a university, and I think it made my transfer process a lot easier.

The people in the office were willing to help me out when I had problems with the forms I was filling out and stuff.

And, um, I think it was just a good idea to come here for the short program to start off with, just to see if you like it and to build those connections with the school.

You can transfer directly into a Japanese university if you want to, but I feel like the process would be more difficult.

So personally, I recommend coming here for a short exchange program to start out foot.

Well, actually, the school we went thio they gave us a discount because we were foreigner, my university in Canada.

They would charge foreign students like think twice or even three times the price for tuition.

Our school here gave a discount to foreign students, so I'm not sure if it's like that everywhere in Japan, it could have just then the school we went to, but it's possible that it is.

So what were their requirements for entering the school?

Do you have any departments rendering the language for grounds?

Actually, um, director of my school actually came in interview this hustle.

I didn't have any interview when I entered the language program.

That was about it for entering the language program.

But when I wanted to transfer into the school to finish my degree, I needed Thio.

He'll spend lots of lots of time filling out forms for everything you do.

And I had an interview with about three different teachers.

Basically does asking me why I wanted to study in Japan, But I thought it would be a good idea to finish my degree here.

What I want to do in the future, etcetera.

As for language requirements, um, you don't need any Japanese for the school that I went to, but I wanted to take some classes in Japanese.

So in that case, I needed to have the jail, Petey and two levels to be able to do that.

You probably need to have good grades, but that's kind of a given.

How hard is it to make Japanese friends, huh?

Nis people, maybe like American people, are very different when it comes to being able to make friends.

It's a lot easier to make friends in America, even for a lot of my Japanese friends that went abroad.

But to make friends in Japan, it's kind of hard or you don't really see them so much.

But they still consider you like Oh, but we're friends and maybe they don't talk to you so much.

Yeah, I think like the definition of friend is different here, like in Canada.

You'd make a friend and you guys would hang out all the time on the weekend.

You'd always text each other, but here you can be friends with someone, and maybe they'll they'll never invite you out anywhere or the lever invite you to their parties.

But you'll see them at school and you'll wave to them and maybe they'll come over and talk to you at lunch.

Sometimes I feel like it's it's really hard to make, like a really good friendship here, making acquaintances and people that'll come hang out with you.

But, um, making a really good friendship where people are gonna invite you out to hang out on the weekends and stuff.

I don't but yet I feel like that's harder when a teacher smash your cellphone.

This guy said that he saw a video of a Japanese he just smashing a student's cell phone that was probably in high school.

I would definitely believe that happened in high school here.

But to make up for how, like, horribly strict they are in high school.

The university's air just ridiculously led it.

Science of the students in my classes will just be like staring at their phone playing games, talking on their friends, watching videos or sleeping s.

If you want to study and get a good grade, you could do that.

Or if you want to sleep through the whole class and fail, you could do that.

The teachers will just let you do whatever you want.

I got a really good scholarship from an organization called Jessel.

Um, I got believe it was, like $800 the equivalent of about $800 Canadian a month for one year.

So that paid for, like, all my living expenses.

And then I just have to worry about tuition.

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