Interview with an honor student from designated school entering Ecole de Patisserie de Tokyo.

Jung** started studying in Tokyo Galaxy Japanese Language School to enter Ecole de Patisserie de Tokyo . She got an acceptance from the school. Many of the students who study in Japan, want to apply to Ecole de Patisserie de Tokyo. As it becomes competitive to get an acceptance from the school, Ecole de Patisserie de Tokyo has made admission requirements stricter since 2019. Student, who aims to enter the school, are doing their best, attending the class in Tokyo Galaxy Japanese Language School with 100% attendance rate. We ask several questions to Jung**, who passed exams and became an honor student from designated school, then is admitted to Ecole de Patisserie de Tokyo this year: What she has been preparing for entering the school and how a life in Japan is. This interview will help you to figure out how much time and effort are demanded to get an acceptance from outstanding schools such as Ecole de Patisserie de Tokyo.

1. How did you prepare to enter Ecole de Patisserie de Tokyo?

I studied very hard since I started learning Japanese language later than others. I never missed a single class while attending the school. I tried to do as many exercises for JLPT as I could. I also did my best to get great results for class tests so that I also could get a good evaluation by teachers, which was quite important for the school acceptance. One year could be very long, but actually it is short. I thought one year would be enough for me to get accepted from Ecole de Patisserie de Tokyo, when I came to Japan and started learning hiragana in the first place, but it turns out that time passed faster than I thought. I got very nervous, until I take an interview by Ecole de Patisserie de Tokyo. However, thanks for the incessant hard working, I did very well in the interview too, and got a great result.

2. What is the secret behind entering Ecole de Patisserie de Tokyo?

All I did was to study hard as the curriculum was suggested and do many exercises for JLPT, focusing on vocabulary in the café or at home.

3. What motivates you to study in Tokyo Galaxy Japanese Language School?

I found it very attractive that Tokyo Galaxy Japanese Language School is a designated school by Ecole de Patisserie de Tokyo, but more than that, it ranks the highest acceptance rate, and offers accelerated learning class.

4. Which class was the most useful?

Accelerated learning class and ‘Learning Japanese with news, one of the optional subject of July, helped me the most

5. Tell us about the most memorable teacher from Tokyo Galaxy Japanese Language School.

I would like to thank all the teachers, especially to Ms. Sato Izumi in charge of admission consulting. I had loads of things to do for an interview and personal statements even during the summer break because I was selected as an honor student from designated school. Whenever I needed an aid, she was willing to give me advice and help me with the interview, even in her busiest moment. I would like to thank her a lot.

6. If ever feeling, what makes you think that you have taken an excellent decision while you study in Japan? And when?

As I’ve started studying in Japan, it seems that I have broadened my mind, interacting with people from all over the world. I feel so happy with my decision whenever I have experiences that I never have had before.

7. There are many other colleges in Japan. Why encourages you to choose Ecole de Patisserie de Tokyo amongst them?

One of the reasons is that they are more passionate to secure practice hours compared to other school. The other is that they have two separate departments, making bread and western style cakes, so that you are guaranteed to focus on what you want to do.

8. Any advice you want to give to the students planning to study in Japan to go to colleges?

I sometimes wish I had started learning Japanese language earlier so that I could have spent the time experiencing a variety of things rather than spent the first 3 months on taking up hiragana and katakana. Of course, it is no late if you do your best, learning Japanese language to enter the college when you come to Japan. However, it would be better for you to study the language in advance so as to spare time for experiences.

9. What are you planning to learn for the upcoming 2 years?

I would like to get a scholarship and arrange future plans step by step for the better.

Jung**, studying in the accelerated learning class from January to June 2018, and leveling up to advanced level from July in 2018, always got excellent results for various kinds of exams. Even though she was very busy submitting documents for the entrance in August-September, her Japanese reached the level of JLPT N1 around that time. Japan is one of many countries which appreciates and emphasize sincerity. That is why they care about attendance rate. Furthermore, sincerity is the essential virtue of learning a foreign language. Japanese educational institutes appraise ability and capacity based on it. Many teachers and staff always highlight this point, because they fully understand that. They wish to teach the students the ability to grasp what the important opportunities are and what they must feel as important, by themselves.

Jung** is entitled to get accepted from the school, as she did her best to learn Japanese and prepare for college admission. We are excited to see her next step in Ecole de Patisserie de Tokyo, considering that she is very determined and full of drive in learning with endless potentials.
We would like to thank Jung** for sharing her story of entering Ecole de Patisserie de Tokyo.