Ensure attendance to reduce tuition fees
After graduating from high school in 2003, Zhu Kai studied Japanese in a Japanese training institution for a whole year. Before going abroad, his Japanese reached level 3. Zhu Kai began to apply through an intermediary, and successfully applied to other departments of Kanda Foreign Studies University in Chiba Prefecture for the third level of Japanese. April 1 day, 2004 was the opening ceremony of Kanda International Studies University in Japan. Zhu Kai arrived in Tokyo by Northwest Airlines on March 36, 2003/KLOC-0. Such a hasty arrangement is just because the plane ticket is the cheapest? 1760 RMB. The careful calculation of studying in Zhu Kai can be seen from booking air tickets.
Zhu Kai said that Kanda International Studies University is a better private school among the second-rate universities in Japan. In Japan, foreign students in private universities are formal education courses as part of university education. Different from ordinary language schools, what is a language school? School? Visa, other subjects are in the department of university education, all of which are for international students? Studying abroad? Stay in the qualifiers. Zhu Kai said, such a? Identity? You can have more opportunities to choose different universities, because students who want to enter universities can enter the same university or other schools on the recommendation of universities with foreign students. Secondly, international students can also take part-time jobs after class and enjoy school subsidies and so on. All characteristic courses in Japan are limited to one year, while language schools can study for up to two years. In contrast, the advantages of characteristic courses are obvious. Time? Restrictions? The new system has also played a role in urging students to pass the language barrier as soon as possible.
At Kanda International Studies University, there are two kinds of students studying other subjects. One is for self-funded international students admitted to universities or colleges, mostly from China and South Korea. The other is the university exchange students from overseas friendship and cooperation schools, including students from the United States, Denmark, New Zealand, Finland and other countries. A branch with only 200 people is like a small United Nations. Zhu Kai said that the tuition fee for a private school like this is 800,000 yen a year, and it must be paid in advance before coming. The tuition fee for the first semester is 400 thousand yen. As long as you attend classes well and ensure the attendance rate is above 90%, international students can get a subsidy of 20 thousand yen a month. If the test scores are good, the average student can get a tuition fee reduction of 250,000 yen, which means that the tuition fee for the second semester is only 6.5438+0.5 million yen. Zhu Kai is one of the international students who are so strict with themselves to ensure attendance and save tuition.
Japanese universities are very small. Except for famous schools and old schools, there are no dormitories in general schools. Now he and three friends rent a house off campus. School usually starts at 9: 20 in the morning and lasts until noon 12: 30 and afternoon 1: 30 to 3: 00. I usually eat bread for breakfast, solve it in the school cafeteria at noon, and work at night, so I usually just grab something to eat. Zhu Kai said that most Japanese students studying in China live such a life of studying abroad.
Try to adapt to life
Zhu Kai said that Japanese prices are prohibitively expensive and food is difficult to adapt to. Usually, the food we eat is terrible and the appetite is small. Young people? I can't eat enough at all. Good food, such as sushi and barbecue, can't be eaten if you want. It is a rare luxury for poor students studying abroad. When Zhu Kaigang came, it was difficult to adapt to life in Japan. Besides, he didn't bring much money. Seeing that the budget is almost at the bottom, I haven't found a part-time job yet, and I'm a little anxious. Although there are already
Being psychologically prepared, the elders of relatives studying in Japan repeatedly reminded Zhu Kai to stay in Japan? Eat a little bitter, and you will become a master? But it is inevitable to feel helpless in a foreign land.
Not long after arriving in Japan, Zhu Kai went to the local government to apply for landing visa, and then went to the Immigration Bureau to apply for an unqualified activity permit. After getting the activity certificate as soon as possible, Zhu Kai started his working career.
According to Japanese government regulations, hold? Studying abroad? Visa students can work 28 hours a week. But in general, everyone will have it, right? Exceeding the standard? Phenomenon, Zhu Kai now has two jobs, one in a restaurant and one in a supermarket, which add up to more than 30 hours a week. After arriving in Japan, Zhu Kai learned to cherish time and how to stay in Japan? Time is paramount? The truth. I usually use my spare time. It is prime time to go to work from 5 pm to 1 1. If on weekends, two jobs are usually linked together,1/kloc-0 works in a restaurant from/:00 to 3: 00, and rushes to the supermarket from 5: 00 to1:00? Struggle? . At first, Zhu Kai's job in the restaurant was to wash dishes. After the younger generation came in, they began to make some simple semi-finished products for heating? Cooking? Work, microwave heating Italian or boxed Chinese food and Dandan Noodles in restaurants.
In Japan, if restaurants and supermarkets want to recruit people, they usually post them at the door? Raise? Advertising. If your Japanese is ok, it is not difficult to find a job. Although these jobs are simple manual labor, you have to attend an interview and write a resume before work. Part-time wages are calculated by the hour, working in restaurants is 850 yen/hour, and working in supermarkets is 960 yen/hour. The Japanese government also stipulates that the hourly wage can be increased by 25% after 10 in the evening. If the welfare of the workplace is good, you can also get the fare.
Finish the language course as soon as possible.
To enter a Japanese university, you must first pass the entrance examination of the relevant university. Most universities in Japan will provide special selection opportunities for international students, such as document review, interview and independent academic examination. But in any case, students must take the exam in Japan. But the exams in various universities in Japan are different, and students must go to that university to take its entrance exam. A few days ago, Zhu Kai took the recommended exam of the school. In Japan, almost all universities need such an examination for studying abroad. Students have two exam opportunities every year, one in June and the other in June. 1 1. The application time of each school in Japan is different. For example, the results of the study abroad exam in June 1 1 will take more than 1 months to come out, so Zhu Kai can't catch up with the exam time of some schools and can only apply with the results in June. Every school has to charge a certain registration fee, which is about 30,000 yen for private schools and 0/7,000 yen for national universities.
If the school is in Osaka, students must also go to Osaka to take the exam. Every school has different requirements. Therefore, for international students, how to choose a school and how to arrange their limited resources reasonably? Registration fee? It is also a very nerve-racking thing. Zhu Kai hopes to end this exam life as soon as possible. To this end, he has been working hard to prepare for the entrance examinations of various schools in recent months. After all, the Japanese exam is too expensive. How can he be worthy of his months of hard work if he doesn't do well?