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Aoyama Gakuin Vs. Waseda

cbarnard

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I'm looking into studying abroad spring term 2009 and have to choose either aoyama gakuin or waseda. Anybody that has studied at these university's please chime in and let me know about your experience.

-curtis
 
I went to Waseda, but the exchange programs are different depending on the school you are coming from. Your best bet is to try to get in touch with alumni from your school's program; our experience was quite different from those from Oregon.

Sorry, I know next to nothing about Aoyama's program.
 
Aoyama Gakuin would be a GREAT place to meet girls. Rich girls.
 

So what did you do in your program?

Thanks-C
 
search "aoyama gakuin" in youtube and watch the 5th video down it talks about which universities girls like:

1.Keio
2. Meiji
3. Waseda
4. Aoyama Gakuin
 
my program included a lot of travel that wasn't available for the other programs, although there were trips and other opportunities unique to each program. It's hard to list the differences, although academically we were all treated the shame.
 
Ok i think i'm gonna be going to AGU, but what dorm should i stay in? Eda or Kameari? Eda is cheaper so i'd like to go there, but are there more strict rules or anything?

Thanks-Curtis
 
Your best bet is to ask people that have actually been there. Find an alumni for your more specific queries.
 
Yeah i was hoping someone on here has been to agu.
 
there aren't many independently wealthy college students in Japan, or anywhere else for that matter.
 
Barnard san - it's Ellis san! I'm starting a blog about my travels to Japan and if you type in "Gaijin in Waseda" in google, your forum post comes up as the first two, and my blog third - you bastard!!! lol you should delete these posts so I can come up as the top hit Hope your summer is going good
 
Ha ha that's funny. Well i've applied for AGU and i'll know if i'm accepted next week. The next step is securing some plane tickets. Can i buy two one way tickets now? As in buy a one way ticket for going to tokyo in april and then buy one in august for returning? Or will i need to by a return ticket while i'm in japan?
 
Good luck on your application. I went to Aoyama 10 years ago from WOU, (you know that smaller university 30min north of you)
I can answer some of you questions from above, though it's been a few months since you posted them.
About dorms, your only choice looks to be aobadai, but you do get a single room to yourself. When I went the men all stayed in Josei-ryo, which is old and has shared rooms/baths etc. But it was located right in Omotesando, so it was convenient. I don't think they put exchange students there anymore.

Also, Aoyama is known to be fashionable, so thus the women from that school are considered fashionable and attractive. It is not the highest ranked school, ranking status has a lot to do with Japanese peoples opinion of a university.

If you go there you will probably be in my friends Japanese class, she is the sensei not a student.

Good luck
 
Cool. Who is your teacher friend? It looks like i am going to be staying in Aobadai (so far from campus!), but i should be able to get lots of studying done on the train ride to school.
 
lolz. aoyama->meet a rich girl->get her pregnant->start a luxury life.
 
Rule of Dating #14: Never consider a relationship with a woman whose weekly allowance for shopping is enough to hire someone to kill you and buy off the police if you do something stupid.
 
Rule of Dating #14: Never consider a relationship with a woman whose weekly allowance for shopping is enough to hire someone to kill you and buy off the police if you do something stupid.


Haha fantastic!
 
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