Best Japanese schools?

College Search & Selection
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<p>I was just wondering what some of the schools with well known Japanese (or Asian studies w/ japanese emphasis) are. If possbile, a language house would be great to have, but that doesn't necessarily equal a great program. What have you guys heard?</p>

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<p>Todai. Oh wait a minute that's not the question. I have no clue. Sorry.</p>

<p>/now I'm guilty of speaking in otaku <em>shudders</em></p>

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<p>probably most university of californias, univeristy of hawaii... and princeton</p>

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<p>are there are LACs that rate up there?</p>

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<p>For LACs, I would recommend Oberlin and Smith (if you're female).</p>

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<p>lol, nope. i can't check that square...</p>

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<p>Todai isn't really an otaku word...</p>

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<p>and besides, what about waseda? that is, assuming your talking about
東京の大学。</p>

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<p>Middlebury</p>

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<p>middlebury and oberlin are wonderful... it really depends on what all you are looking for;
some people have suggested for languages: scripps, u of rochester(?), grinnell(?)... a friend also wants to major in japanese and she mentioned amherst and swarthmore?
good luck!!</p>

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<p>that's good to hear about swatty (I applied there). Okay, so now that we've got the basics covered, could you guys take a look at the schools I applied to and offer what you might have heard about the departments?</p>

<p>Carleton, Cornell U., Dartmouth, Emory, Macalester, Pomona, Princeton (a big reach), Swarthmore, and the University of Washington (not WUSTL).</p>

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<p>Can't go wrong with any of the West Coast/Pacific Rim universities. :rolleyes:</p>

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<p>Lawrence University. A former ambassador to the US from Japan actually went there. Lawrence is a little gem, tucked away in the midwest - Top 50 or so in US News.</p>

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<p>anybody else? what about my list?</p>

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<p>I believe Earlham college has a very noteworthy Japanese program.</p>

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<p>The University of Michigan has one of the oldest Japanese Studies programs in the country... check it out:
<a href="http://www.umich.edu/%7Eiinet/cjs/about/index.html%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.umich.edu/~iinet/cjs/about/index.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

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<p>Lotus 123: </p>

<p>D is planning to study Japanese Language in college, she has visited Carleton and Scripps/Pomona, both have excellent programs, Pomona's program is larger than Carleton (Pomona's Japanese program is open at all attendees at any Claremont College).</p>

<p>As stated by others, Earlham and Lawrence has programs, Earlham is a larger and coordinated for the Midwest colleges the overseas Japanese Programs.</p>

<p>St Olaf (in same town as Carleton), Illinois Wesleyan, Beloit and Kenyon all have decent programs.</p>

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<p>
[quote]
and besides, what about waseda? that is, assuming your talking about
東京の大学。

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</p>

<p>You mean 東京大学？ (toukyou-daigaku?)</p>

<p>Nobody adds the possesive "no" to the name. </p>

<p>Anyway, my list (by no means exhaustive) includes:</p>

<p>Harvard
Princeton
Stanford
Columbia
Berkeley
UCLA
UC Davis
Michigan
and Hawaii</p>

<p>I can't speak for the LACs.</p>

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<p>Sorry 'bout that. You're right, it's 東京大学. I'm just used to using の for my school (I attend a community college and get high school credit, and we say SFCCの大学）</p>

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<p>Not a big deal. I just thought it was kinda funny.</p>