Hey yall,

Its been over two years since I last visited this thread or even logged into lowyat forum. Apologies for all of the unanswered questions, hope everything worked out for you guys!

Have a good life!

Ifana

Hi Kanan,

Not sure if the answer to this question would still be relevant to u now that its been around two months since you last posted the question but here goes.

Unfortunately, your pre-u cert will not be useful in this case and I'm speaking out of experience. I did my A levels thinking that I would need it to fulfil my requirement to enter Japanese universities but it was completely useless in my case. In the end, I still had to go through the whole process of sitting for EJU and JLPT and all and if the system is still the same then and now, I'm afraid that you would have to spend an extra year at least for this.

No two way about it as far as I know. But maybe things have changed now that I've left Japan for almost two years.  So keep asking around, u never know

All the best!!!!

Yes most of the Japan Unis just solely look at your EJU results. Your co-curricular activities also play a part in enrolling into National Unis. Because of EJU, most of the unis only need to prove that you have undergone 11-12 years of education in primary and secondary schools.

If not mistaken you are taking STPM right now?

NO your koku marks is insignificant here! What I meant is do you participate in some IMPORTANT activities that can give you a boost in your resume (Like Maths Olympiad, Physics Olympiad, etc) You can easily obtain koku marks through school activites but these will rarely help in enrolling into overseas uni. Only Local Uni looks at this though. 

Most private unis just look at your EJU results. In prestigious National Unis like University of Tokyo, Osaka, Kyoto, Kyushu etc, they have to consider your extra activities as their placement for international students is extremely limited. Imagine you have to compete with students from other countries as well (especially CHINA!)

BTW, STPM first term exam is around the corner, why don't you focus on that first?