Hong, a native of Xiamen, Fujian, China, went to Japan in June 2008 and was admitted to the Department of British and American Literature of Meiji University at 438+00 in April 2065.

Angie: A native of Xinjiang, China, came to Japan to study in April 2008 and was admitted to the Department of British and American Literature of Meiji University in April 2009.

Japanese New Overseas Chinese News: Two students, please introduce yourself first.

Hong: I come from Fujian, China, and now I am a freshman majoring in British and American literature in the Department of Literature of Meiji University.

Angie: My last name is Shan, but you can call me Angie. I am a Han nationality in Xinjiang, and now I am a sophomore in the literature department of Meiji University.

"New Overseas Chinese News of Japan": Please also introduce the opportunities for studying in Japan.

H: OK. I used to go to college in China, but I only stayed there for one year, so I think I should go abroad if I have the chance. Moreover, I have immediate family members in Japan, so I directly applied for a family visa to come to Japan.

New Overseas Chinese News of Japan: So you just came to Tokyo, Japan?

H: No. Before I was admitted to the university, I lived in sasebo, Nagasaki Prefecture, Kyushu.

Japan's New Overseas Chinese News: Have you been to Tokyo during that time?

H: Yes. After living in sasebo for three months, I want to visit Tokyo. Although sasebo is beautiful, it is a small city. I still want to see what a metropolis like Tokyo looks like, so I bought a ticket for "Youth 18" and wanted to take the tram all the way to Osaka first, and stayed overnight before arriving in Tokyo.

Japanese New Overseas Chinese News: How do you feel in Tokyo?

H: It is indeed an international metropolis, different from sasebo, which also makes me like Tokyo very much. I have lived in Tokyo for half a year.

"Japan's New Overseas Chinese News": Half a year is not short. What did you do during this time?

Hong: I found a language school to study Japanese, and at the same time, I collected information about college exams to prepare for them. A language school environment is more convenient in Tokyo. Then, in June, I stayed after the exam and went back to my relatives' home in sasebo.

Japan's New Overseas Chinese News: OK, I probably know about Hong's coming to Japan. Let's ask Angie again, why did you come to Japan?

Angie: I like Japanese anime since I was a child, and I yearn for Japan. I had a plan to go abroad when I was in high school. An acquaintance introduced a study abroad program to my parents, so that I could transfer to a high school in Japan to study in senior three, so I went through the formalities of studying abroad after taking the exam in senior two.

Japan's New Overseas Chinese News: Come to Japan to attend high school? This is also rare. Can you tell me which high school it is?

Angie: Rixin High School in Okayama. There is a course for international students, and many international students attend high schools here.

Japan's New Overseas Chinese News: What is this school like? Can you give a brief introduction? Is it different from high schools in China?

Anji: Rixin High School is located in Gaoliang City, Okayama Prefecture-a small city without entertainment facilities. Surrounded by mountains, it is more than 0/hour away from Okayama City/Kloc-. We have a class of international students, and everyone lives in the dormitory of the school. Usually, everyone listens to music online in the dormitory, which is the main entertainment activity.

The difference between domestic high schools is that there are few people and they are remote. About 100 students in Rixin High School. The school is surrounded by mountain roads and forests. In the past, when watching Japanese dramas, I often saw some detective dramas in the forest or on an island. I thought to myself, Japan is so big that there should be very few such places. Only when I arrived in Japan did I find such a place really exist.

Japan's New Overseas Chinese News: What do international students mainly study in Japanese high schools?

Angie: I mainly study Japanese, which is no different from language school. Rixin High School also has college entrance examination courses and other professional courses. The college entrance examination course is similar to ordinary high schools in China, and the specialized courses are similar to technical secondary schools or vocational high schools. We international students are all going to study, so there will be courses in mathematics and society, but the progress of the class is slow, and I didn't understand Japanese well when I first arrived in Japan.

"The New Overseas Chinese News of Japan": I would like to ask these two students how good their Japanese is when they arrive in Japan.

H: I know simple greetings. Anji passed the Japanese Proficiency Test (Level E), which is about equivalent to Level 3.

Japan's New Overseas Chinese News: So how do you all learn Japanese?

H: I mainly watch TV and read novels. Especially novels, I like to sit in a quiet place and read a book I like on weekends, and I can usually finish it in one day.

Angie: I studied Japanese in high school. I followed the class, did the questions by myself and listened to the real questions.

Japanese New Overseas Chinese News: Do you usually communicate with Japanese?

H: To be honest, we don't have much communication. When I was in sasebo, Nagasaki, I mainly lived with my relatives and didn't have much chance to get in touch with the Japanese. I didn't really get in touch with the Japanese until I went to college.

Angie: I'm not a lot either. Our class are all international students, and we usually communicate in Chinese. But it is best that the teacher is Japanese, so that you can practice Japanese when you ask questions to the teacher.

Japan's New Overseas Chinese News: Isn't the law and order in Okayama and Nagasaki very good?

Angie: Yes, but we don't have a chance to go out at night because the dormitory of Rixin High School is closed.

H: The law and order in sasebo itself is very good. There are more old people. But there are American military bases nearby, and there are more blacks. In 2004, the US military raped Japanese girls, so security was tight and few girls went out at night.

Japanese New Overseas Chinese News: I'd like you to talk about your college entrance examination.

When I came to Japan, I decided to go to college. I didn't know much about Japanese universities at that time. There is only one international university in Okayama Prefecture, and many senior students have gone there. But I learned from the internet that this university is not very good. I want to get into a better university, and I hope to get into a university in Tokyo.

At that time, my first goal was the literature department of Keio University, and then I found the university materials to study hard, and even went to Keio University to see students. Meiji is my second wish.

However, the teachers of Rixin High School don't support me. They think my Japanese is not good either. It is impossible to be admitted to a university in one year, and it is even more impossible to be admitted to a famous school like Gao Qingying and Meiji. When talking about your goals, the teacher poured cold water on you several times. Once, I was even called to the office by my teacher and said that I was too idealistic. I was really wronged. But I don't think I should give up. Since you have signed up, you should give it a try, which is also a challenge to yourself.

At that time, school started at 8: 30 every day. At six o'clock, I went to the classroom to start reading and preparing for the exam, and practiced listening for an hour. At that time, I was the only one in the classroom, which was very quiet and efficient. Going back to the dormitory at night is mainly to collect information and write a volunteer reason book.

Another accident happened while I was taking the exam. In September, I was told that I was probably not qualified to take the internal exam, because I studied in a high school in Japan for one year and could not take the international student exam, so it was meaningless for me to prepare for the exam. For this reason, I contacted Qingying many times and asked my former domestic high school to issue a certificate to take the exam. Finally, I persuaded Keio to let me take the international student exam. But unfortunately, I didn't get into Keio University in the end.

After I was admitted to the university, everyone was very happy. The teacher of Rixin High School also asked me to go back to school to attend the graduation ceremony. I am happy to say that I was the only international student who passed the college entrance examination that year.

Japanese New Overseas Chinese News: So, Mr. Hong, please tell me about your exam.

Hong: My situation is very simple, because I have never been to a language school, and I have always been relatively free. I just need to prepare for the exam at home. I kept my test scores, and my Japanese was ok, with 336 points. Literature synthesis and mathematics are not ideal, only 140 and 150. However, the literature department of Meiji doesn't need English scores, so long as you hand in the volunteer reason, you can participate in the interview. The registration fee is only 17000 yen, which is much cheaper than the 35000 yen of other departments, so I'm going to try Meiji first, and if I pass, I'll prepare for other national universities.

I remember that when writing Meiji University's volunteer reason book, the most prominent point in the department's introduction was to pay attention to the development of "individuals". A "person" can be associated with many contents. I associate myself with reading novels, most of which are fictional, that is, unrealistic, but just like many people's dreams are unrealistic, fiction also represents people's dreams in a certain sense. I think if I enter Meiji University, I will consider how to integrate my dream with reality. Instead of just living in your own imaginary dreams, you will find the gap between yourself and reality when you go to society. Studying the combination of "individual" and ideal at Meiji University is the reason why I entered Meiji University. Perhaps because of this reason, the teacher approved it and the school gave me a qualified notice.

After Meiji University passed, I also tried the entrance examination for national universities. Perhaps my English scores and retention test scores were not satisfactory, so I failed and didn't go to another university.

New Overseas Chinese News of Japan: Mr. Hong, you went to university in China, and now you are also going to university in Japan. What is the difference?

H: I think university life in Japan is what I yearn for very much. I can read and study quietly in the library and participate in various activities organized by the school. Domestic universities are still lacking in these aspects.

Japan's New Overseas Chinese News: So, what do you want to do after graduation?

Hong: I want to be a foreign language teacher. I want to enter a big education college in the future. I also want to write, and journalist is my dream job.

Japan's New Overseas Chinese News: Hehe, you will definitely have a chance. What about Angie?

Angie: I don't have any specific ideas yet. I don't think it's too late to enjoy college life first.

"Japan's New Overseas Chinese News": Well, you are still young, and there are still many opportunities. Then I'm here to wish you both a happy college life.

H: I have a question. May I ask?

Japan's New Overseas Chinese News: Yes, please feel free to ask any questions.

Hong: I have read many articles about interviewing international students in Japan's New Overseas Chinese News. Most of them are very powerful predecessors who have been admitted to first-class universities, such as Dongda and Joey. I feel that compared with them, our efforts are far from the reputation of the school. I want to ask you why you invited an ordinary international student like us for an interview.

Japan's New Overseas Chinese News: Yes, I have interviewed many international students from top universities, but my purpose is not just to show off their famous schools. The real purpose is to tell the vast number of international students that they are ordinary international students before they are admitted to the university, no different from ordinary people. As long as they work as hard as they do, foreign students can be admitted to very good universities. Your school may not be as famous as Dongda University, but like them, you are all international students who have been successfully admitted to the ideal university, which is enough.

H: Thank you. I was still very nervous when I first said that I would interview us. I don't think I'm qualified for the interview. Now I feel much more relaxed. Thank you for taking time out of your busy schedule and wish you success in your work.

Reporter's note:

Ten people are different. This is a Japanese proverb, which means that people are different.

Although this is only a very ordinary interview, in the end, Hong's question once again reminds me of asking the editor to open this interview column.

Every year, more than 40,000 international students come to Japan, and more than 20,000 students take the college entrance examination. Except for a few students, all of them graduated from high school in China, and China's basic education is world-famous. As far as the level of Japanese study abroad examination is concerned, as long as China students are well prepared, most of them should be able to get good grades and get into good universities. But in fact, only about half of international students can be admitted to universities every year, and only a handful of them can be admitted to such good universities as Hosei, Meiji and Central Government, and even fewer international students can be admitted to such top universities as Dongda and Kyoto.

Is it too difficult to get into a university in Japan? This is not the case, but many foreign students don't have enough information, don't know how to prepare for college exams, and don't know which step to take to get into an ideal university. Language schools also lack sufficient admission guidance, which leads to the low enrollment rate of international students in prestigious schools.

This column aims to give a reference to the international students. The international students interviewed in each issue are successful students admitted to universities. Tell international students that as long as you work as hard as they do, the dream of a famous school is not out of reach.