Japanese Students Head To US After Failing Entrance Exams

Not a few Japanese students will come to the US after failing to pass the entrance exams to a college/university of their parents’ choice in Japan.

For many of the Japanese, it is a second chance; for some a first choice.

There is almost no adult education in Japan – I did have one student come to me to learn English while she went to night school in Japan. She now has two masters degrees and is living in Indiana, I think.

Still, many Japanese find it appealing to head to the US to learn English…despite the fact they couldn’t learn enough of it to pass the entrance test. Quite a few Japanese students fail this portion of the entrance exam.

American colleges and junior colleges are very Japanese friendly. The Japanese, unlike their Chinese neighbors have no problem getting a visa to come to the US. The Japanese can pay for it. The colleges want the money (the Japanese pay the exorbitant out of state tuition costs). And the Japanese come.

The come for English training. They learn to pass the TOEFL test. It generally takes the Japanese longer, but the schools don’t mind. It means more money for the schools.

I have a student who is a CPA for a large Japanese firm – she got her accounting degree in the US. Another student is now a lawyer in Los Angeles.

Japanese students come to the US after failing entrance exams. Others come here because they can realize their dreams.

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