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I'm also a former student from TUJ, and I also majored in Japanese language. While I have heard bad stories in regards to things like the office of students services and things like, I would not hesitate to recommend this school. It is of course well known in the states, but is also well known in Japan (All the job interviews I have had for large Japanese companies know TUJ). So if you're looking to work in Japan after graduation, then this school on your application will do you well. Also, it's important for you to have the college life you want experience. You need to make the effort and make friends, join clubs, and participate in events. This includes the educational aspect. There are great professors, but the only way you're going to feel like you got your time's worth is if you don't halfass your studies. I can understand if it's a class that you're taking simply to satisfy your GenEd or something, but if it's a class about something you're passion about, such as Japanese in my case, you will learn so much. BUT YOU MUST PUT IN THE EFFORT! As a freshgrad from TUJ about to start working for one of Japan's larges mobile game developers, I would not change any of my decision that led me here. TUJ is great.
So the guy who posted this has studied Japanese since childhood. His review would not apply to the average student. It would he very easy for someone like him who skipped the vast majority of Japanese classes at TUJ and already knew Japanese before coming to give such a positive review. Also the professors have obvious favorites and someone like this dude who already knew Japanese would be a teacher's favorite as it makes their jobs so much easier and make them look better. So of course they would love having this dude in their class and he would have a great time because of it. "the college life you want to experience" A fairly disconnected rich person might see it that way. However if you are not rich than you probably would want to think twice about spending nearly $100,000 for a TUJ bachelor degree. " BUT YOU MUST PUT IN THE EFFORT!" I started studying Japanese for the first time in my life back in 2016 when I came to TUJ. Now as a graduate I am certified Japanese language proficiency N3, N2, N1. The only reason I was able to graduate from the program was because I only ever spoke or used Japanese in my regulars daily life from 2017 to now. I met my future non-English speaking Japanese wife back in 2017 and we started living together in 2018; because of this my Japanese language skills increased very fast and I learned more from my wife/daily-life than I did in any Japanese class. I would spend nearly 40 hours a week after school just studying Japanese all the while being illegally harassed by a small group of TUJ faculty and the students under them. Effort is great but it doesn't mean you'll pass/get good grades. Nor is it realistic for everyone. He said: "About to start working at..." According to a Temple post graduation survey, only 24% of Japanese major graduates from this year found a full time job. His experience is not the norm. TUJ is not great, this for profit Japanese company has a lot of problems. Too long didn't read TLDR: 1.Your experience will very depending on your beginning level. 2. An already proficient transfer student will have a breeze compared to a fresh student. 3. Effort alone does not mean you'll get through. 4. TUJ not recommended for non-wealthy individuals.
I know that I am super late, but thank you for allowing me to be featured on your channel! Also I can't wait for us to hang out again! Do you have any plans on coming back to japan for vacation or anything? :)
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@@GladlyGlobalChannel you can Frame it with a reference for example if you have a guest like in this case have her sit there and use her. I do like the content though. So please don’t think I’m insulting.
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I took the race class this semester, and he was totally a racist! I can't drop it, so I have to hold myself up. This makes me so mad I could smack him! Lucky that it is an online class! I will have burst into tears if it is a face-to-face class😞I wish I encountered this video before selecting courses.
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Hey there this popped up in my recommended video list. I went to TUJ for 4 years, May 16 to May 20, and got a Bachelor in Japanese Language. Overall I wouldn't really recommend going to TUJ , there are many options available to you as for a wanting to study at an international campus in Japan (just do a quick google search and you'll see) that I feel do much better jobs. There are many issues with TUJ that I won’t go into here but you'd probably better off just working through your general education at an affordable community college, then transferring for the final 1-2 years to study at a university to get a degree in whatever major you wish. Then if you still want to come to Japan, I would recommend getting a work visa and finding employment here or getting a student visa to study a few months at a time in Japan before moving here. That way you can cheaply and easily adapt to/learn about Japan. She mentioned something about professors and how she didn't like Patrick Rosenkjar. I think it he gets a bad rep because he is a strict grader, but he basically tells you how to get a good grade which is fine for a general ed class. Another thing about him is he is very satirical and has a somewhat sarcastic type of humor that is kind of hard to pick up if you do not understand. I think because of this he throws some students off, but overall he was a pretty good prof in my opinion. I think a lot of how well a professor teaches is strictly subjective for most cases.
I'm really interested in your opinion on this. I've been accepted to TUJ starting Fall 2021, I already have my associates so I'm only looking at about 1.5 years to get my BA at TUJ, which is about $65k but as I'm sure you know having been there, that number includes their estimates for rent, food, utilities, etc so it's pretty comparable to an American Uni if rent was included in their costs as well. My question is what other options do you personally consider realistic for undergrads? Basically the ONLY reason I can even attend is that I can get FAFSA and American Loan aid (if needed but FAFSA will prob cover it). I can basically be virtually "carefree" about finances until graduation knowing I have a guaranteed outlet for aid. FAFSA alone will cover like $30k across that 1.5 - 2 year period and I'll be moving with about 25-30k cash so I'm not really looking at much student debt, however ANY other choice of school and that number goes up drastically. Many other schools like Sophia or Waseda offer extremely limited majors in English with the disadvantage of needing to find financial aid on your own, without FAFSA. It seems like TUJ is the only realistic choice for foreigners with no prior Japanese language skills or else you're taking a huge risk if you don't move with your entire degree already paid for, because it'd be crazy to pay for a year and then just HOPE you got scholarships and aid for the rest. Side note; it looks like you left basically right after they combined with Showan and got a real campus, I'm sorry you missed that but it must make the experience overall feel so much better than taking classes in a glorified office building!
@@Scopatone “personally consider realistic for undergrads? Basically the ONLY reason I can even attend is that I can get FAFSA and American Loan aid (if needed but FAFSA will prob cover it). I can basically be virtually "carefree" about finances until graduation knowing I have a guaranteed outlet for aid.” Fafsa will vary on your age/sex/ethnicity/etc and the cost of your school. Typically you will be given only a few thousand (~$4,000) a year if you are a full time student. I don’t really know anything about loans as I have never had one before, so I can’t say much about that. One full semester (12 credits) costs about ¥-812,100 or $7,650 (At least it did when I went there). Therefore a year-long stipend through the fafsa would only cover about half of a single semester. If you require a sponsored visa you would want to stay a fulltime student throughout the year meaning spring, summer, and fall semesters. This would equate to about $23,000 for one full year. Link:nces.ed.gov/programs/digest/d10/tables/dt10_351.asp “FAFSA alone will cover like $30k across that 1.5 - 2 year period” Again I can’t say for certain as I don’t know your situation, but from my experience the fafsa would not even begin to scratch the surface (2 years = ~$8,000). A federal loan would give you ~$10,000 per year I think, but again I don’t know anything about loans. “Many other schools like Sophia or Waseda offer extremely limited majors in English with the disadvantage of needing to find financial aid on your own, without FAFSA…” I think since you are looking to use federal aid and federal loans TUJ would be your best option if you are dead set on wanting to study in Japan for your final 1-2 years as I don’t think you can receive such financial assistance otherwise. Let's look at a year's worth of tuition/fees as a Japanese university (Keio University). The cost for an entire year is ¥1,353,350 or about $12,700 for an ENTIRE YEAR. Even if you reduce the TUJ tuition with fafsa/etc it would not even get close to this price. Keio uni majors in English: www.keio.ac.jp/en/academics/programs-offered-in-english/ Keio uni tuition/fees: www.keio.ac.jp/en/admissions/fees/graduate-fees.html “seems like TUJ is the only realistic choice for foreigners with no prior Japanese language skills” If you look at the above link there are many majors offered in English, and they even have English sections on their website. This is just one example. Also if you could just wait the 1-2 years to study abroad, especially now with the corona virus thing; it would probably be best to just finish your degree in your home country which would be the cheapest option. You could then decide to come to Japan with a work visa/searching for work visa/student visa(which you can get from a cheap couple months long language school) and truly be free. Wouldn't this be the most relaxing? “Side note; it looks like you left basically right after they combined with Showan and got a real campus, I'm sorry you missed that but it must make the experience overall feel so much better than taking classes in a glorified office building!” Haha, yeah I was in the new place for about 2 semesters. The main issue with the old campus was that it was over crowded, it felt like anywhere you went was a damn fire hazard. The walls were paper thin and I could literally hear whenever the professors were having a meeting, or students talking in the other rooms. This new campus is great, I just wish they would have built a gym as well haha. Honestly though a campus does not matter much to me as long as it meets certain requirements, which I think vary on the student. The campus never really mattered to me though honestly, I never spent any time at the campus outside of class/ between classes studying in the library/computer lab… which honestly didn’t change much from the old to new campus as they both are fairly comfy. Anyways, I hope I helped a little bit with the above information; everyone is different and their experience may vary, but at least in my experience- outside of maybe a couple of teachers/students the overall general experience was pretty fucking aweful.
Is TUJ that bad? I was planning on attending Fall 2020 semester and have had some misgivings- i’m unsure as to what I should do. Could you tell me what was bad about the school? I’m super nervous...
How are you feeling about your Com Major? I was actually accepted into the JP Language program but have been talked into changing to COM once I get there (since I can't do it before) because so many people have told me that if I plan on living there than JP Language is not a skill, it's a requirement no matter what job I have and I'm starting to agree with that. I decided on COM because I'll need to learn the language anyway and I felt like that gives me a wider base to build my skills on and get into the job market by choosing an area of focus. How do you feel about COM and it preparing you to get a job? Do you feel like it's more helpful to have that broader range of knowledge so you can choose an area to focus on yourself? I don't actually have a big career passion, just one for the country/culture so I planned on using COM to kinda go into something related to that. Maybe tourism, maybe media, who knows I just feel like it's a safer bet than just majoring in a language that everyone already speaks ya know?
When are you going there? I have been accepted to the spring semester of 2021 and I also thought about getting a minor in Japanese but I am not sure if it is worth it, like you said speaking Japanese is a requirement, and having that on a degree won’t help me stand out For now, I am planning into studying Japanese on the side (I do want to take classes, but not as my major) and try to get to N2 or N1 by the time I graduate
@@hey-fv2gg I'm currently scheduled for Fall 2021 as long as Covid lets me go, America is still on a no fly list right now and idk if there are school exceptions. But yeah, my plan is to take Japanese for as many electives as possible so I don't have to pay extra for classes. I definitely wouldn't suggest majoring in it just because 99% of the country already speaks it so you won't stand out imo. You'll be pretty limited in jobs, mostly translation work which is what I wanted to do, but translation is oversaturated and underpaid from what I hear.
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I'm also a former student from TUJ, and I also majored in Japanese language. While I have heard bad stories in regards to things like the office of students services and things like, I would not hesitate to recommend this school. It is of course well known in the states, but is also well known in Japan (All the job interviews I have had for large Japanese companies know TUJ). So if you're looking to work in Japan after graduation, then this school on your application will do you well. Also, it's important for you to have the college life you want experience. You need to make the effort and make friends, join clubs, and participate in events. This includes the educational aspect. There are great professors, but the only way you're going to feel like you got your time's worth is if you don't halfass your studies. I can understand if it's a class that you're taking simply to satisfy your GenEd or something, but if it's a class about something you're passion about, such as Japanese in my case, you will learn so much. BUT YOU MUST PUT IN THE EFFORT! As a freshgrad from TUJ about to start working for one of Japan's larges mobile game developers, I would not change any of my decision that led me here. TUJ is great.
So the guy who posted this has studied Japanese since childhood. His review would not apply to the average student. It would he very easy for someone like him who skipped the vast majority of Japanese classes at TUJ and already knew Japanese before coming to give such a positive review. Also the professors have obvious favorites and someone like this dude who already knew Japanese would be a teacher's favorite as it makes their jobs so much easier and make them look better. So of course they would love having this dude in their class and he would have a great time because of it.
"the college life you want to experience"
A fairly disconnected rich person might see it that way. However if you are not rich than you probably would want to think twice about spending nearly $100,000 for a TUJ bachelor degree.
" BUT YOU MUST PUT IN THE EFFORT!"
I started studying Japanese for the first time in my life back in 2016 when I came to TUJ. Now as a graduate I am certified Japanese language proficiency N3, N2, N1. The only reason I was able to graduate from the program was because I only ever spoke or used Japanese in my regulars daily life from 2017 to now. I met my future non-English speaking Japanese wife back in 2017 and we started living together in 2018; because of this my Japanese language skills increased very fast and I learned more from my wife/daily-life than I did in any Japanese class. I would spend nearly 40 hours a week after school just studying Japanese all the while being illegally harassed by a small group of TUJ faculty and the students under them. Effort is great but it doesn't mean you'll pass/get good grades. Nor is it realistic for everyone.
He said: "About to start working at..."
According to a Temple post graduation survey, only 24% of Japanese major graduates from this year found a full time job. His experience is not the norm. TUJ is not great, this for profit Japanese company has a lot of problems.
Too long didn't read TLDR:
1.Your experience will very depending on your beginning level.
2. An already proficient transfer student will have a breeze compared to a fresh student.
3. Effort alone does not mean you'll get through.
4. TUJ not recommended for non-wealthy individuals.
I know that I am super late, but thank you for allowing me to be featured on your channel! Also I can't wait for us to hang out again! Do you have any plans on coming back to japan for vacation or anything? :)
Little tip about shooting look up the rule of thirds and apply it to your video. Keep the heads in frame. Otherwise great content and it was helpful! Her channel led me to yours so cheers!
I don't have a flip out screen on my camera so sometimes things get a bit wonky. Thank you though!!
@@GladlyGlobalChannel you can Frame it with a reference for example if you have a guest like in this case have her sit there and use her. I do like the content though. So please don’t think I’m insulting.
It sounds like a strict school
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where can i find the requirements for international business?
perfect timing! i'm thinking about applying to study abroad there
You should! Despite my harsh critique, it's a great school academically.
Me too
I was getting pretty nervous because I haven’t heard many good things about TUJ, but this really helped solidify my choice!! Thank you!!
I wouldn't advise going if you can.
@@CharlieJapan why not??
the tea on Sean Arnold…. Haven’t heard anything good about him
I took the race class this semester, and he was totally a racist! I can't drop it, so I have to hold myself up. This makes me so mad I could smack him! Lucky that it is an online class! I will have burst into tears if it is a face-to-face class😞I wish I encountered this video before selecting courses.
Sorry you have to suffer through it. Good luck!
@@GladlyGlobalChannel Thank you for your reply! I have been into learning languages lately, so I like your video quite a lot😍 Looking forward to your future video💕
Hey there this popped up in my recommended video list. I went to TUJ for 4 years, May 16 to May 20, and got a Bachelor in Japanese Language. Overall I wouldn't really recommend going to TUJ , there are many options available to you as for a wanting to study at an international campus in Japan (just do a quick google search and you'll see) that I feel do much better jobs. There are many issues with TUJ that I won’t go into here but you'd probably better off just working through your general education at an affordable community college, then transferring for the final 1-2 years to study at a university to get a degree in whatever major you wish. Then if you still want to come to Japan, I would recommend getting a work visa and finding employment here or getting a student visa to study a few months at a time in Japan before moving here. That way you can cheaply and easily adapt to/learn about Japan.
She mentioned something about professors and how she didn't like Patrick Rosenkjar. I think it he gets a bad rep because he is a strict grader, but he basically tells you how to get a good grade which is fine for a general ed class. Another thing about him is he is very satirical and has a somewhat sarcastic type of humor that is kind of hard to pick up if you do not understand. I think because of this he throws some students off, but overall he was a pretty good prof in my opinion. I think a lot of how well a professor teaches is strictly subjective for most cases.
I'm really interested in your opinion on this. I've been accepted to TUJ starting Fall 2021, I already have my associates so I'm only looking at about 1.5 years to get my BA at TUJ, which is about $65k but as I'm sure you know having been there, that number includes their estimates for rent, food, utilities, etc so it's pretty comparable to an American Uni if rent was included in their costs as well.
My question is what other options do you personally consider realistic for undergrads? Basically the ONLY reason I can even attend is that I can get FAFSA and American Loan aid (if needed but FAFSA will prob cover it). I can basically be virtually "carefree" about finances until graduation knowing I have a guaranteed outlet for aid. FAFSA alone will cover like $30k across that 1.5 - 2 year period and I'll be moving with about 25-30k cash so I'm not really looking at much student debt, however ANY other choice of school and that number goes up drastically. Many other schools like Sophia or Waseda offer extremely limited majors in English with the disadvantage of needing to find financial aid on your own, without FAFSA. It seems like TUJ is the only realistic choice for foreigners with no prior Japanese language skills or else you're taking a huge risk if you don't move with your entire degree already paid for, because it'd be crazy to pay for a year and then just HOPE you got scholarships and aid for the rest.
Side note; it looks like you left basically right after they combined with Showan and got a real campus, I'm sorry you missed that but it must make the experience overall feel so much better than taking classes in a glorified office building!
@@Scopatone “personally consider realistic for undergrads? Basically the ONLY reason I can even attend is that I can get FAFSA and American Loan aid (if needed but FAFSA will prob cover it). I can basically be virtually "carefree" about finances until graduation knowing I have a guaranteed outlet for aid.”
Fafsa will vary on your age/sex/ethnicity/etc and the cost of your school. Typically you will be given only a few thousand (~$4,000) a year if you are a full time student. I don’t really know anything about loans as I have never had one before, so I can’t say much about that. One full semester (12 credits) costs about ¥-812,100 or $7,650 (At least it did when I went there). Therefore a year-long stipend through the fafsa would only cover about half of a single semester. If you require a sponsored visa you would want to stay a fulltime student throughout the year meaning spring, summer, and fall semesters. This would equate to about $23,000 for one full year.
Link:nces.ed.gov/programs/digest/d10/tables/dt10_351.asp
“FAFSA alone will cover like $30k across that 1.5 - 2 year period”
Again I can’t say for certain as I don’t know your situation, but from my experience the fafsa would not even begin to scratch the surface (2 years = ~$8,000). A federal loan would give you ~$10,000 per year I think, but again I don’t know anything about loans.
“Many other schools like Sophia or Waseda offer extremely limited majors in English with the disadvantage of needing to find financial aid on your own, without FAFSA…”
I think since you are looking to use federal aid and federal loans TUJ would be your best option if you are dead set on wanting to study in Japan for your final 1-2 years as I don’t think you can receive such financial assistance otherwise.
Let's look at a year's worth of tuition/fees as a Japanese university (Keio University). The cost for an entire year is ¥1,353,350 or about $12,700 for an ENTIRE YEAR. Even if you reduce the TUJ tuition with fafsa/etc it would not even get close to this price.
Keio uni majors in English: www.keio.ac.jp/en/academics/programs-offered-in-english/
Keio uni tuition/fees: www.keio.ac.jp/en/admissions/fees/graduate-fees.html
“seems like TUJ is the only realistic choice for foreigners with no prior Japanese language skills”
If you look at the above link there are many majors offered in English, and they even have English sections on their website. This is just one example. Also if you could just wait the 1-2 years to study abroad, especially now with the corona virus thing; it would probably be best to just finish your degree in your home country which would be the cheapest option. You could then decide to come to Japan with a work visa/searching for work visa/student visa(which you can get from a cheap couple months long language school) and truly be free.
Wouldn't this be the most relaxing?
“Side note; it looks like you left basically right after they combined with Showan and got a real campus, I'm sorry you missed that but it must make the experience overall feel so much better than taking classes in a glorified office building!”
Haha, yeah I was in the new place for about 2 semesters. The main issue with the old campus was that it was over crowded, it felt like anywhere you went was a damn fire hazard. The walls were paper thin and I could literally hear whenever the professors were having a meeting, or students talking in the other rooms. This new campus is great, I just wish they would have built a gym as well haha. Honestly though a campus does not matter much to me as long as it meets certain requirements, which I think vary on the student. The campus never really mattered to me though honestly, I never spent any time at the campus outside of class/ between classes studying in the library/computer lab… which honestly didn’t change much from the old to new campus as they both are fairly comfy. Anyways, I hope I helped a little bit with the above information; everyone is different and their experience may vary, but at least in my experience- outside of maybe a couple of teachers/students the overall general experience was pretty fucking aweful.
Is TUJ that bad? I was planning on attending Fall 2020 semester and have had some misgivings- i’m unsure as to what I should do. Could you tell me what was bad about the school? I’m super nervous...
@@zoewilliams7960 Well I mean they are classified as a "For profit Japanese company" so might want to keep that in mind.
So should I do 4 years in college in America then apply for teaching in Japan? I want to teach kids in Japan
How are you feeling about your Com Major? I was actually accepted into the JP Language program but have been talked into changing to COM once I get there (since I can't do it before) because so many people have told me that if I plan on living there than JP Language is not a skill, it's a requirement no matter what job I have and I'm starting to agree with that. I decided on COM because I'll need to learn the language anyway and I felt like that gives me a wider base to build my skills on and get into the job market by choosing an area of focus. How do you feel about COM and it preparing you to get a job? Do you feel like it's more helpful to have that broader range of knowledge so you can choose an area to focus on yourself? I don't actually have a big career passion, just one for the country/culture so I planned on using COM to kinda go into something related to that. Maybe tourism, maybe media, who knows I just feel like it's a safer bet than just majoring in a language that everyone already speaks ya know?
When are you going there? I have been accepted to the spring semester of 2021 and I also thought about getting a minor in Japanese but I am not sure if it is worth it, like you said speaking Japanese is a requirement, and having that on a degree won’t help me stand out
For now, I am planning into studying Japanese on the side (I do want to take classes, but not as my major) and try to get to N2 or N1 by the time I graduate
@@hey-fv2gg I'm currently scheduled for Fall 2021 as long as Covid lets me go, America is still on a no fly list right now and idk if there are school exceptions. But yeah, my plan is to take Japanese for as many electives as possible so I don't have to pay extra for classes. I definitely wouldn't suggest majoring in it just because 99% of the country already speaks it so you won't stand out imo. You'll be pretty limited in jobs, mostly translation work which is what I wanted to do, but translation is oversaturated and underpaid from what I hear.