Hello I’m a Japanese student who lived abroad for 11 years and is planning to apply for sophia university liberal arts course for the autumn 2024 entry and I want to know if you think I’ll get accepted. My grades in AS levels were 4Bs (maths, geography,economics and history) and I haven’t took A level yet as I’ll apply with my predicted grades from my as levels. My IELTS score is 7.5 and I’ve participated in MUN which I think will help a little as i’m applying for FLA. I know sophia is a prestigious university so I’m very worried. Do you guys think I’ll get accepted? I’m also planning to apply for waseda, keio and ICU as well. If anybody knows anything about these Japanese universities, please send me direct messages or reply here as it would be great help.
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**Sophia university chances**
Hello I’m a Japanese student who lived abroad for 11 years and is planning to apply for sophia university liberal arts course for the autumn 2024 entry and I want to know if you think I’ll get accepted. My grades in AS levels were 4Bs (maths, geography,economics and history) and I haven’t took A level yet as I’ll apply with my predicted grades from my as levels. My IELTS score is 7.5 and I’ve participated in MUN which I think will help a little as i’m applying for FLA. I know sophia is a prestigious university so I’m very worried. Do you guys think I’ll get accepted? I’m also planning to apply for waseda, keio and ICU as well. If anybody knows anything about these Japanese universities, please send me direct messages or reply here as it would be great help.
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I don’t claim to be an expert, but just as a general rule, English-taught programs usually have less stringent admission requirements than Japanese-taught programs, and (arguably) are usually of lower standards than Japanese-taught programs. As these are mostly aimed at international students, the process is usually straightforward, in most cases simple documents screening and *maybe*, though unlikely, an interview.
If you also want to apply to Japanese-taught programs, then that will be entirely different and among other things you would most likely be treated as a 帰国子女. As far as I know, English-taught programs usually do not care much about your status as 帰国子女 or not, so there is that.
Edit: one thing I might as well mention is that if you really want to study in Japan, then you might also want to look into universities of slightly lower tiers but still really good that also offer English-taught programs, notably the “lesser” big 4 private universities of Kansai University, Kwansei Gakuin University, Doushisha University, and Ritsumeikan University.