Hi, I know there's already some old similar questions to this one in this subreddit and I've not even entirely sure on whether this is the most appropriate place to ask about it or not but I would really like to hear some feedback from people who have studied in Japan.
I'm planning to apply for a couple of graduate programs this year but I'm quite unsure on how realistic it is for me to possibly get approved to any of them.
For context, I've been wanting to do a master's degree since I finished my bachelor's but due to the lack of financial means at the time I was unable to pursue it and had to start working. In addition to this, I've always wanted to give Japan a try and thought that going to study would be better since I could just return to my home country in the end if I ended up not liking living there (my only experience with Japan is as a tourist and having 1 friend that moved to Tokyo for work).
I've now been working for nearly 4 years (my work birthday is in 2 months) and I'm no longer in a tough spot financially. To add to that, I'm tired of the work I do and wish I could go back to studying full-time. For this reason, I started reading about all the details of the programs from about 10 different Japanese universities and shortlisted a few. But the thing is, although I'm interested specifically in computer science, I do not come from an engineering or computer science bachelor's degree (although it's related).
So if possible I wanted to ask, how realistic am I to get approved to the following universities with my background, and what should I take into consideration about studying in Japan? And yes I'm only applying to English programs
Background:
Nationality: Portuguese
GPA: 89% in Game Development at an average Portuguese university with an Erasmus in computer science at a UK university
Languages: English; Portuguese and a bit of Mandarin (HSK 2)
Work: Nearly 4 years as a gameplay engineer at a mid-sized game studio
Exams: 112 TOEFL; 164Q 151V GRE
Awards: 2 of the company games I worked on won small awards; While in university a project I did about Japan got an award from PlayStation Talents
Universities I'm applying to: University of Kyoto; Tokyo Tech; Osaka University; Tohoku University
by prooheckcp