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Originally Posted by Henbaka
You don't need that. I have _zero_ college level japanese classes in my baggage and I'm going to waseda for exchange in September. Waseda, as well as Sophia and Keio all give courses in english that you can take. These courses would not be enough to build an entire education from, but for an exchange it's fine. There are also intensive one-year language programs you can do on your exchange, where you do need to have some college-level studies in japanese done. Here, it's around a year you need.
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Well, I think it depends on where you are.
I believe the qualifications were less strict for you because not too many people come to study in Japan from Sweden compare to number of students from the United States.
I used to work for the exchange program office in my Uni and for American students, qualifications are much more competitive because so many people want to go and study in Japan.
So as far as I know, this is how it is for Americans in California. I'm sure things are different if you live in Wyoming or Nebraska.