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Comments about Graduate School from Gifu JET Alumni:
“Japan hosts many exams in Tokyo, so rurally-placed JETs can use their time here to prepare for the next step with very few distractions. As long as there isn’t an interview at the school you can do it all with one trip to Tokyo.”
“JET has really helped with my public speaking and presentation skills, so doing interviews wasn’t too hard. I find I’m less shy to speak up in class more and participate in discussion, which helps me understand the material more. Since translation is a language-based discipline, it really helped to show that I have lived in a country and had proficiency in the language and familiarity with the culture, and since I’d picked up odd translating jobs… I could add these to me resume/CV to show experience. I also applied to the Monterey Institute of International Studies, and JET alumni can have their application fees waived and be given a scholarship for their experience.”
“Going back to school definitely eases the transition back into life at ”home“ and ensures you‘ll be busy right off the bat with new stuff rather than living at home and struggling to find work. Being an ALT definitely helps with being a teaching assistant and, if you’re planning to do research that involves interviewing or focus groups, you could pitch the communication experience developed on jet as an asset. There are also a ton of presentations in grad school, in courses, but also conference presentations and teaching in later stages. You might mention that in a personal statement, if your school requires something like that. The transition is difficult... Learning to sit still and focus on reading complex texts and planning long papers. After 2 years of planning activities for the five-minute attention spans of kids. It took about a month to get back in "shape" for reading."
“Japan hosts many exams in Tokyo, so rurally-placed JETs can use their time here to prepare for the next step with very few distractions. As long as there isn’t an interview at the school you can do it all with one trip to Tokyo.”
- Alex Lonergan, Shirakawa-go ALT 2015-2016
“JET has really helped with my public speaking and presentation skills, so doing interviews wasn’t too hard. I find I’m less shy to speak up in class more and participate in discussion, which helps me understand the material more. Since translation is a language-based discipline, it really helped to show that I have lived in a country and had proficiency in the language and familiarity with the culture, and since I’d picked up odd translating jobs… I could add these to me resume/CV to show experience. I also applied to the Monterey Institute of International Studies, and JET alumni can have their application fees waived and be given a scholarship for their experience.”
- Jasmine Bernhardt, Mino ALT 2013-2016
Masters student in Translation at Cardiff University (UK)
“Going back to school definitely eases the transition back into life at ”home“ and ensures you‘ll be busy right off the bat with new stuff rather than living at home and struggling to find work. Being an ALT definitely helps with being a teaching assistant and, if you’re planning to do research that involves interviewing or focus groups, you could pitch the communication experience developed on jet as an asset. There are also a ton of presentations in grad school, in courses, but also conference presentations and teaching in later stages. You might mention that in a personal statement, if your school requires something like that. The transition is difficult... Learning to sit still and focus on reading complex texts and planning long papers. After 2 years of planning activities for the five-minute attention spans of kids. It took about a month to get back in "shape" for reading."
- Danielle Taschereau-Mamers, Gero ALT 2010-2012
The information on this website regarding graduate schools was primarily written/compiled in 2017 by Kris Elrod, Chuno RPA, and Rebecca Simpson, Gifu Prefectural ALT
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