I (19m) have been thinking of taking a gap year in Japan. Right now i have two avenues in mind but i'm not sure which one to take or if there are other better alternatives. One is with a service called GoXplore, who help you with geting a visa (working holiday), giving you a course in japanese and finding a job. The other is studying at a language school with the help of Go! Go! Nihon and living off of the grant that my country (Sweden) gives to students.
In terms of money, GoXplore's services cost about 300'000¥ and they tell you to expect a salary of 130'000 – 200'000¥ (Which assume is before taxes), while admission to a language school seems to be around 200'000¥ and the grant for studying is 200'000¥ a month if you are studying full time, with ~60% of it going towards your student debts (interest rate of ~2%).
Another aspect is how much i will gain from the respective routes are going to be in the future; like how useful either experience is going to be in the future or how good they will look on a resume. Which one would be best from that point of view?
In terms of language i have been self studying for about two years and took the N3 this summer, though i won't know the results until late august.
What pros and cons do you see in either route and which one do you think is best? Is there something i have overlooked or have been unclear on in my explaination? Thank you in advance for your replies.
by Cautious-Direction58