Even though you will technically be applying as a Chinese student they will only care about your US schooling most likely. It does, however, give you benefits in applying for many scholarships since most of the scholarships for studying in Japan are restricted to Asian nationals.
Sorry, but I'm not sure I understand the question. Are you asking if Japanese universities accept foreign students more frequently because US universities are more attractive and thus American students are more likely to choose a mediocre US university over a top-ranked Japanese one?
From the viewpoint of a graduate student American universities definitely have more financial support for students. My research adviser in Japan said almost all Japanese graduate students (in Physics at least) are privately funded, either through part-time jobs or through their parents. Foreign students have it a little easier because of the MEXT scholarship. I would definitely say Japanese universities are actively recruiting foreign students behind the government's Global 30 initiative. I would even go so far as to say that being a foreign student makes it easier to be accepted, although I have no data to back this up.
Yes I mean say as far as I know, if some student from China gets offers both from US and Japan, they might choose to go to US since there are more scholarships and stuff. So as the Japanese universities are trying to attract more students, would the top tier univ like Todai put their cut a little lower to consider a student from a lower tier univ. in US? Cuz i think most students from top tier univ. are continuing their study in US except for those doing Japanese-related study. And for those Japanese students from top tier univ here in States, they would just go to normal Japanese-taught programs.
The entrance exam was department specific, so the physics department uploaded questions as a PDF file onto a passworded website. It was only open for 72 hours and in that time span I had to upload my finished answers. However, I have heard of programs where you need a proctor to take the exam. I would imagine it depends heavily on the program you are applying for, but unless you are applying like any other Japanese student would (i.e. not through an international program), I doubt you have to take an exam in Japan.
From what I get from the maths department of U of Tokyo, they said:
"We provide an entrance examination by document-based selection for overseas residents.
You need not come to Tokyo for taking a entrance examination but
have to submit an application form for admission and send some materials for qualification.
In this application, applicants need to submit the documents and/or research paper which shows their excellent mathematical ability.
After we receive the application, some professors may give the applicant some math. problems by email
in order to examine his/her mathematical ability and knowledge."
I was not sure does they ever give me the entrance exam or just let some faculty email some maths questions for me to answer according to the email? Also they said after the application is received, some prof might contact me. They also said I need to take a look at the faculty info to select desired adviser. I heard that the applicants under regular application have to contact the prof even before the application sent and talk to them about the future plan and research stuff to get the faculty "approve" him/her to enter first before the review of the application. Do I need to contact a faculty in person also? Or things are different for international applicants from US?
I will be entering the IGPAS (International Graduate Program in Advanced Science) at Tohoku University. I'm not sure how strong the math department is at Tohoku but they are well known for engineering and physics so I'm sure their math department is fairly strong. If you still want to shop around for international programs you should check out the
Global 30 course website here. It is a list of international programs in Japan that do not require Japanese.
I've checked this website and this is where I get to know the programs I am now going to apply. The thing is I am trying to go to univ in Tokyo or
Kyoto, cuz these are two places that my boyfriend is gonna go. So I am not likely to go to places like Tohoku cuz its pretty far.
Although I am right now holding a degree of mathematics, I am not very strong at it, especially when it comes to applications to other natural sciences. And even though I don't get good grades for general, I have 4.0 major GPA for economics, which is why I am now considering economics masters besides maths programs. I am also doing undergraduate TA for economics and independent study, do you think I should mention this somewhere in the application form or should I just talk to my econ prof.s to see if they could write me good recommendations?
And thanks for all the info.
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oh and also, for the UTIPE program in Tokyo, there is only one application deadline (August 24th)for both the 2013 April entrance and Sep entrance( you have the choice to choose when to enter though). However, for the GSAPS program in Waseda, the deadline for April entrance is Sep while the deadline for Sep 2013 entrance is April. As I am also applying to other univ in Japan as well as universities in US for graduate school, an early offer would save me from doing all the applications to all the other schools (since the application for US schools are normally having deadlines of Jan or Feb). But at the same time, as I am taking my last semester starting from Sep and I am pretty sure I will improve my grades through this semester, applying later might improve the chances of getting into the programs because of better grades.
Do you think i should go ahead and apply for April entrance for Waseda or should I just wait till next April to apply for the fall entrance?
I am also doing summer classes to boost up GPA and this semester would certainly help when the grades come out but I'm not sure how much I could get it improved by the end of summer.