Testing

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The Entrance Exam

In Japan, after middle school, students are put through gobs of rigorous testing designed to determine which high school is best suited for them to continue on their paths torward University. This allows high schools to tailor their programs to a general level amongst the students - in technical schools, designed for students to leave high school and head towards the workforce, for instant, there might be a practical work-force type course. However, in the most upper level of establishments, having a part-time job - known by Japanese teenagers at baito, a colloquialism of the English to bite - could mean expulsion due to failing to focus on your studies.

The school you all are attending is one of these prestigious level high schools. This means that in order to enter your character had to have achieved an 85% overall average in every subject. Normally in Japan this is actually too low, as competition for the upper rate schools can get down to the decimal point of entry, but for sake of diversity within our campus but also for accuracy, we've chosen this number.

This does not mean you character has to pass classes once they are in the school, nor does it mean they have to be very good at anything at all. There are cram schools in Japan, all throughout middle school, just for this reason - they prepare the most lackluster students for the entry exams in hopes to get them into a school that normally they would not pass the tests for.

As this school is also a private school, for those who are monitarily inclined, there are rumours one could get in on a padded enough checkbook - though as founder, I find these rumours absolutely unfounded in the very foundation of their founding arguments!

The top application into a school becomes the Class President, a very important position to have! If you are applying for class president, don't fret if you are denied or if you are delayed because we're waiting for further applicants! The Class President is a tough set of shoes to fill. The following 19 students on the test are organized into classroom 1-1, and following, the next 20 into classroom 1-2 with student 21 being Class Rep for classroom 1-2.

On the minute scale, the organization of the numbers in your homeroom is according to how you placed on the entry exam, and can also determine the characters your character ends up sitting by!