Student information
- Name: Chen
- Undergraduate School and Major: Nanjing University of Technology - Engineering Management
- Method of coming to Japan (graduate student/language school/direct examination, etc.): Language school short-term business visa to Japan direct examination
- Japanese score: N2-104
- English score: TOEIC-735
- Preparation time: 1 year
- Preparation method (online/offline/direct test): online + offline
- Eligible School: Ritsumeikan University
Q1
I am Chen, and I passed the Graduate School of Economics at Ritsumeikan University in the winter.
Q2
The sophomore saw the fierce competition for graduate school entrance examinations in China, so he had the idea of going abroad, and chose Japan after comprehensive comparison. The first time I heard about Zhiyuan was in the video of an up master on station B, and the first impression was quite good, and then I contacted Zhiyuan Education through WeChat.
The teacher in charge of admissions told me in detail about the precautions and rough time plan for going to Japan to study for a master's degree, and also introduced some courses offered in the school, and after listening to one or two classes for free, I felt that the teacher Gao, who taught economics, was very meticulous and the method of teaching questions was also very organized.
After many comparisons, I found that Zhiyuan's teaching method is more in line with my study habits, and the wind evaluation on the Internet is also very good.
Q3
Sophomore decided to study abroad and took the N2 exam in December 2020; Then in the first semester of my junior year, I taught myself macro-microeconomics two or three times, and in the second semester of my junior year, I began to read Japanese macro-micro and econometrics textbooks.
At the end of the first semester of my senior year, I enrolled in the Zhiyuan course, and began to do macro and micro topics for civil servants under the leadership of Mr. Gao, as well as macro and microeconomics topics for Shinichi Takekuma and Shinichi Fukuda.
In the second semester of my senior year, I had to learn the content of economics while doing the graduation project, and I had to complete the research plan, which was quite tiring, but it was successfully completed under the reasonable planning of the class teacher.
In the summer after graduating from university, I went to Japan for the direct examination, but because the English certificate and other materials arrived very late, there were not many schools that could apply, and I participated in the book selection examination of the Nine Universities and Hitotsubashi, but they all failed. After being bored for a while, I began to prepare for ERE, did about 15 sets of ERE real questions and went to the exam, and got an S grade score twice.
Kyushu University, Otaru University of Commerce, and Ritsumeikan University, but due to the 40-day delay in the courier of the invitation letter for applying for a short-term visa, the first two schools were unable to take the exam, and had to take the entrance examination at Ritsumeikan University.
I arrived in Japan on the evening of 2023.02.10, and the 11th was the interview at Ritsumeikan University, so I took the train, shinkansen, and bus for more than four hours the next morning to arrive at the examination room, and returned to my accommodation in Tokyo within 20 minutes of the interview. Although the process is tortuous, the results are good!
Q4
In addition to the regular undergraduate English diploma, degree certificate, transcripts, etc., you must also submit a research proposal and a letter of reason for your aspirations. The reason for aspiration is still easy to write, mainly in combination with yourself to write why you want to come to this school, why you want to enter this graduate school, and what you want to do after graduation.
The research plan is quite important material, at that time I was mainly busy with the school's final design, the research plan was not at all, so I went to ask the class teacher to hear her suggestions, the class teacher first told me what the different research directions do, and then recommended two research directions for me to look at the relevant literature, which one I am interested in.
In the subsequent writing, the class teacher also gave me a reference book in written Japanese, so that the research proposal should not appear in spoken language; Every time it is written, it will be sent to the class teacher to see, and the class teacher will also make corrections in a short time, and after 5 editions, finally complete the research plan.
Q5
The written test and interview of Ritsumeikan University are on the same day, and the written test can be replaced by ERE (Japanese Economics Proficiency Test) B+ or above, this ERE I took twice, the first time was A+, the second time I got S, so I decisively replaced it with EE.
Q6
The interview atmosphere was very relaxed, and both teachers were smiling, but I was still very nervous. The interview felt like making small talk with me, asking me how I learned economics and what textbooks I read; How to learn Japanese, when did you come to Japan, etc.
Then it is to ask the research plan, the research plan does not ask the meaning of the background purpose, come up and ask the first research, what are the borrowings, what are the differences between themselves and them, etc., and finally ask questions related to the model and data, these are the questions prepared before the interview, and it is not difficult to answer.
Q7
Zhiyuan's course review system I feel very convenient, before in the domestic online class, but sometimes there are some things will miss the online class, look back at the system can watch the previous online class at any time, even if the live class is not understood, you can watch it several times to deepen your understanding.
Zhiyuan's assistant is also very helpful to me, and TA will send the latest fundraising information of major colleges in a timely manner. And many questions encountered on the way to school can be directly asked to the assistant!
Q8
I must practice more speaking Japanese, and my speaking is a bit stuck and I feel that I have suffered a lot on this.
In addition, the textbooks of professional courses must be read several times, learn new things from the past, and each time you read them, you will have different gains, and you can also master the knowledge more firmly.
Xiaoyuan's message
It's really nice that ERE can brush it out! Exams like this qualification exemption are actually more or less configured in different subjects, so everyone must pay more attention to it. Classmate Chen's serious brushing of questions is really an example for everyone~ I also hope that Chen's future study career can be smooth~
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