1. Judging from the successful cases of our team and previous data experience, the goal of obtaining a master's degree for undergraduates studying in Japan is the same, but there is a constant struggle about whether to transition to a monk or a graduate student through a language school. In our opinion, if the level of Japanese listening, speaking, reading and writing is high, the research direction is clear, and independent living, interpersonal communication and self-evaluation of stress resistance are ok, you can choose the road of postgraduate entrance examination. However, it should be noted that if you plan to apply for graduate students in your junior year, and you don't have Japanese N 1, English TOEFL score or other abilities, it is more appropriate to take the language school to take the monk exam.

2. Classmate, you have graduated from college. If your scores in Japanese N2 and TOEFL are above 80, you can apply for a graduate student in a school in June 20 13. In this case, you can register to become a monk from June 20 13 to April 20 14. It's only been half a year. It's really possible this half a year. Tutors and seniors have their own academic tasks. You need to have the ability to learn and progress with them, not to help you improve your Japanese and teach you basic professional knowledge. After all, I had a lot of written materials to prove my advantages when I applied for graduate students, but when I came to Japan, I also had some minor shortcomings in my daily meeting, which may be magnified into shortcomings and affect my image in the eyes of my tutor. Whether you can be successfully recommended by your tutor to take the entrance examination for monks in the past six months will have a review effect.

Suppose your classmate is a junior this year, and your Japanese N2 and TOEFL scores are not above 80. You can apply to a language school in July 20 13 at the earliest. What will happen? From now on, I'll get a Japanese elementary certificate at the latest in June 20 13 (EF level of J-test is recommended, and there will be 6 exam opportunities every month). At other times, I just study this professional course and English. From July, 20 13 to April, 20 14, I entered the language school, and had nine months to prepare the research plan, application materials, and the opportunity to meet with my tutor to show my advantages. This is more complete than simply applying for written materials, and it is more likely to cause subjective prejudice of my tutor. Of course, choosing an excellent language school under the guidance of a university is the key.

To sum up, there is no difference between going to a language school and going to graduate school. Combining with my own situation, I finally intend to enter the time node of monks and choose the most suitable one. If you don't have Japanese and English proficiency in your senior year, and your research direction is uncertain and vague, you'd better go to a language school to be on the safe side, get counseling there, and seek opportunities for face-to-face contact with your tutor.

5. Language school tuition is 40,000 ~ 70,000/year, postgraduate tuition is 23,000 ~ 30,000/year, and living expenses are 80,000 ~ 90,000 (including food, clothing, housing, entertainment insurance), which is quite extravagant.