Planning on applying to Tokyo International University (TIU) as an American. Does anyone have any advice on applying for the scholarship?

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   **Planning on applying to Tokyo International University (TIU) as an American. Does anyone have any advice on applying for the scholarship?**

   I’m applying to TIU’s Spring semester next year, and would need to get a good scholarship to make it work.
   I’m 23 and have no prior college experience, but had good grades and class standing in high school, as well as a fairly decent ACT score. I was also highly involved in two extracurriculars and went to state two years in a row.

   Do any former or current students have any advice or insight on applying? I’m attempting to get either 100% or 80% reduction, but I haven’t found many others who have been able to get that.

   Am I qualified to apply?

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2. Application is pretty straightforward and easy as you just fill in the information necessary at the front home page.
   For foreigners it’s probably one of the least troublesome university in Japan to apply to. Surprisingly I didn’t need to do an entrance examination either.

   Personally I can’t recommend it because the school is greedy in my opinion. Sucking money from us to fund their unnecessary 3rd campus in Ikebukuro. And there’s a lot of free time. Like 5 months holiday and 6 months with school in total for a year. Oh and every Wednesday is holiday. So you get a lot of chances to study at home or take a trip if you’d like.

   On the plus side you have a lot of English classes you can choose from and there’s great English support. Even academic writing support if you need to polish any essays. I think about 50% are international students with the majority being from Thai, Philippines and India.
   Main campus is about 40 minutes from Kawagoe to Ikebukuro. But the international students will be moved to Ikebukuro while the Japanese students stay in the main campus in Kawagoe.

   But to answer your question about the reduction it kinda depends on your accomplishments and financial situation.
   I haven’t met but heard from other people here that students from poorer countries are more likely to get a huge reduction. Either 50% or 100%. You need either rich parents or a scholarship if you want to make it out.
   I don’t come from a poor country but I was lucky to get 30% reduction.
   I still had to pay 460k yen once per semester for the first year. Also, I have to pay 530k yen per semester for the second, third and final year. That’s with 30% off. Without the reduction I’d have to pay 700k yen per Spring and Autumn semester as a 2nd-4th year student.

   Important note though. You can’t ask for more reduction as you will only get what you’re given when you’re enrolled.
   If you’re having a hard time a semester and get less than 12 credits (meaning you don’t pass minimum 3 classes) you lose that reduction forever and can never get it back.
   And if you fail a second semester you get kicked out. But you seem to do fairly well in school so you probably won’t be stressed. I’m stressed af in order to keep my reduction.

   There’s no telling how much if any reduction you’ll get once you fill in the papers and complete the procedure. Under the procedure you have to write a reason why you want the reduction and why you need it. Then you just gotta wait for response

3. One thing to be aware of is that getting a tuition reduction will not change the fact that *immigration* will still require you (or a sponsor) to show a substantial amount of savings in order to get a student visa. At least the first visa. I don’t know if they factor it in for renewals.