I was able to pass the self-recommendation entrance examination to Polaris College of Nursing. I chose this school as my first choice when I was in the third year of junior high school. So I didn't have to worry about the school I wanted to go after I entered high school, and my parents understood my choice early.

The self-recommendation entrance examination consisted of a paper test, an essay test and an interview, which were conducted by choosing either English or mathematics. I chose English because I was originally good at English. Polaris, however, had a low pass rate, so it was hard to get motivated to fail anyway, and it wasn't until a month before he started studying seriously. In order to pass the examination within the remaining month, I thought that I had to study efficiently, and instead of just learning English words, I just had to do the necessary things to pass the examination, such as re-examination of the nursing mock examination, review of the field I was not good at, and intensive learning of English words that tended to be used in the examination. I asked my Japanese teacher to correct my essay, and I started it after summer vacation. I was so bad with my essay that I got a C rating every time I took the mock exam, but I got the knack by practicing repeatedly. Unlike the designated school or the public recommendation, self-recommendation does not have a teacher in charge, so you have to do it all by yourself. There were some difficult points because of that, but I was very grateful that many teachers cared about me and took care of the interview practice and the statement of reason for application even though I was not in charge.

Self-recommendation entrance exams are not just for people with excellent academic ability. In addition to academic ability, excellent humanity is required. However, since I didn't have any club activities, there were few things that I could appeal to compared to the people who had club activities, so I actively participated in extracurricular activities and served as the chairman of the health committee. I also put a lot of effort into getting a qualification. It is meaningless to have a qualification like other people have, so I got the second grade of the English proficiency test, which is more difficult, and added a lot of value to myself in order to pass anyway.

In the entrance examination by commendation, it is important to think about what kind of person the school is looking for and what kind of effort is needed to become the person the school is looking for. I think you will have hard days from now on, but please do your best to realize your career path. I'm cheering for you.