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A report that a former AKB48 member passed Japan’s meteorologist certification exam — said to have a pass rate of just 4.7% — sparked a wave of reactions on 5ch’s Entertainment/Sports Breaking News+ board. Many commenters were floored by her run of prestigious schools from middle school all the way through graduate school, while others focused on the TV segment that got her started and the fact that she kept retaking the exam despite repeated failures. Meanwhile, opinions split over how to rank the academic level of her alma mater, Seijo Gakuen, as well as over discussion of her family background.
Top Entertainment: She Passed a Brutal Exam with ‘Only 4.7%’ Pass Rate — ‘Gorgeous AND a Total Genius,’ ‘On a Different Level’ — Former AKB48 Member Went Prestige All the Way, Middle School Through Grad School
She Passed a Brutal Exam with ‘Only 4.7%’ Pass Rate — ‘Gorgeous AND a Total Genius,’ ‘On a Different Level’ — Former AKB48 Member Went Prestige All the Way, Middle School Through Grad School
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What people said
There's already one of those
Someone named Arisu Akiyama is literally doing exactly that
Pretty entertaining article honestly
What's it known for, research-wise?
Or is it just a trash school that doesn't do any research at all?
It's famous as the place rich kids go
Lots of second-generation politicians like Yasuhide Nakayama and Yuko Obuchi went there
Seikei University, which Abe went to, also has plenty of rich kids, but Seijo's rich-kid quotient is even higher
True enough
Though she's still way smarter than you
From what I hear, most people don't pass it in one go —
they rack up partial passes subject by subject
and take the exam multiple times before finally clearing it
today I'm handing in my resignation at work
and heading to the prep school to sign up for a law-school course
Being strong on the short-answer section doesn't mean the essay section goes the same way, so good luck
Still, what you studied for the judicial scrivener exam will come in handy
Congrats!
Want to see your pass certificate
She was originally active in AKB and took on the meteorologist exam as part of a TV show segment
At the time, fellow member Yuki Kashiwagi, who was doing the 'weather girl' gig, said 'I tried to take it on too, but it's hard — I probably won't pass'
My impression is once she landed one tough qualification she found it fun and kept going
I'd have given up after failing twice
Well, there's that saying 'fall down seven times, get up eight' for a reason
No grads from the old Imperial Universities at all, huh
Surprised there's no Waseda either
Well, nobody graduates from an old Imperial University and then goes on to be a 'weather girl'
Looking at it, it's all low-ranked schools
Like being 3rd or 4th in your middle school class
Basically top girl in the grade, I'd say
Converting Seijo Junior High School's (Shinjuku Ward) Yotsuya Otsuka hensachi score (52-56) to the high-school-entrance-exam hensachi scale works out to roughly a 'hensachi 65-68' competitive high school. (hensachi = Japan's standardized academic percentile score)
Re: #53
Seijo Junior & Senior High School (Shinjuku Ward) and Seijo Gakuen Junior & Senior High School (Setagaya Ward) are different schools
Seijo Junior & Senior High School (Shinjuku Ward) is boys-only, while Seijo Gakuen Junior & Senior High School (Setagaya Ward) is co-ed
Since the article's Ms. Muto is a woman, she couldn't have attended Seijo Junior & Senior High School (Shinjuku Ward)
Or even without ever using it, stuff like this gets them free publicity and boosts their name recognition
A qualification that's uniquely useful if you're already famous
Yeah.
For an ordinary person who doesn't even work at the Japan Meteorological Agency, having it probably doesn't put food on the table at all
Comparing at the middle school level
Keio Junior High — hensachi 68 (Feb 3 exam)
Seijo Gakuen Junior High — hensachi 52 (Feb 1 exam)
Not even close
Background and Key Points of This Topic
Japan’s meteorologist certification exam is held twice a year and is a tough national qualification whose pass rate has hovered around 4-5% in recent years. Because of a subject-by-subject pass system, many examinees clear different sections across multiple sittings rather than passing everything at once, and several replies in the thread showed understanding toward her ‘eight attempts.’ This former AKB48 member reportedly started attempting the exam as part of a TV show segment, and the thread also mentions an anecdote that fellow group member Yuki Kashiwagi had said at the time, ‘I can’t do it myself.’ Where the thread split was over how to rank the academic level of her alma mater, Seijo Gakuen, with several posts comparing it to prep schools in various regions. Meanwhile, unsubstantiated claims about general-election vote totals and posts attempting to identify her family members have been left out of this piece, since they involve unverified content and intrusions into her private life.
*This article is compiled from excerpts and a summary of the 5ch (Entertainment/Sports Breaking News+) thread “She Passed a Brutal Exam with ‘Only 4.7%’ Pass Rate — ‘Gorgeous AND a Total Genius,’ ‘On a Different Level’ — Former AKB48 Member Went Prestige All the Way, Middle School Through Grad School.”
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