Being A Top 1% College Student In Japan | Street Interview 

The parent dilemma ehh... How many more decades..

You gave the answer to your concern. They feel intimidated thus they won't pursue such caliber women. I think we need to look at this not from the lens of the west but rather from the Japanese people. We know that marriage and birth rates are on the decline in Japan, so much so that the country actively promotes "sex". So from the eyes of her relatives it makes reasonable sense to be concerned for her. They know the culture isn't conducive to marriage of high status woman. Is it messed up? Yeah totally. But that's what's going on. Also this isn't unique to Japan actually. Even in America woman who make more tend to find it harder to get into a relationship than those who don't. The reason is from both sides. Men feel they need to be the ones who work and woman don't like to date down. It's an interesting phenomenon that I think goes much deeper than societal influence.

Women don’t even date down naturally so you can’t pull the “she’s an intimidating woman” trope.

@@Sageboy13 Exactly. Women don't like to acknowledge that.

@@jayrollo1352 Yes. Women naturally date across and up hierarchies while men tend to date across and down. There’s answers and data to all kinds of stuff like this but the education system fails people so answers are usually always “hur dur men bad feminism good”.

cos patriarchyyyy

I mean, why would someone get intimidated of a girl with high education?. I would probably be more interested in her after hearing that. I guess japanese people have a different point of view about female education.

@@martiddy it’s because a lot of Japanese men prefer to be the “hard worker” in a relationship. When they realize that the girl is most likely smart than them, it makes them feel that she’ll be “wearing that pants” in the relationship and that basically hurts their pride.

@@lemonlove678 really backward mentalities:/

@@martiddy Fragil masculinity i'd say

If there are 1000 applicants in a big company, they will sort it first by the universities and then grades before you even be called. So if you have low grades, even if you have good work ethics, you won't have the chance to prove it. And again... if you have good work ethics, how come your grade become low?

yes because jobs usually require teamwork, strategy and cooperation..i understand that studying some subjects will give you general knowledge but being required of studying calculus when I'm sure I'm not really into engineering?

@@geneva5yearsago312 the main purpose of calculus in other majors is problem solving. You are faced with a hard problems, how good are you at manage the problem?

True..

True.. I was actually demoraled when a chief accountant told me that what I'm learning in acctg (since it's diff.) can't be applied in our job since we won't apply it anyway once I graduated.. ( few words but made an impact of how I proceeded with my acctg journey) .. I feel like the future is bleak and it's like my hard works are all for null~.. I actually no longer want to cont. studying but I don't want to disappoint my family. . But I think even if I half assed my studies.. God really loves me . cause I never failed a subj. and I passed my CPA board exam the 1st time .. Thanks God 🙏 .. people tell me I'm humble despite being a CPA.. ANSWER( I can't feel superiority with my salary (super low, but + stressful)) 😅

10:41 the reporter's left shoulder...

Japan...

@@robertalexandru2269 rip

@@robertalexandru2269 except for that guy :

@@lalalili7555 1:55, and him? :)) edit: ?

Same!

Lol for real

Im feeling that already..

I feel it too 😣

You're just feeling that just now? I'm worried about mine every day

make that 15 minutes for me X.X

Same lmao

Guarantee they take drugs like Adderall.

I can last 30-60 minutes at a time, maybe 3-4 hours if I'm really going for it

And that's coming from a guy who studies at one of the more prestigious high schools in my country

same

Why?

😂😂

Damn, if only all men were like you 😂

@Apollonia Crysalis I know you aren't characterizing all men but since you mentioned your experience I'll mention mine. When I started dating my wife, I had no degree and a minimum wage job, meanwhile she had just graduated with a BS degree and started a career in a field that pays well. 5 years later, I have a job in IT that pays more with no degree( or student loans). I only mention this for any women or men out there who are reluctant to date someone because they don't have the same education as you or don't have a high paying job like you.

Several European countries like Russia, Lithuania, Ukraine, all have much higher suicide rates than Japan.

@jaken yaken hahah underrated comment lol

Discord Study Group gang.

I'm happy that you get to enjoy studying with friends and not being pressured so much by Japanese society :)

Got a question for you. Does being monolingual society make Japan advanced especially in technology or culture? The reason for my question is people always say Japan is so advanced so much so they don't have to master English.

*Low

... oh... the irony

Being the bottom 99% **

99% students: we are happy

Bottom 1% of college students

crazy rich Asians👌

However most women are also unwilling to date someone who earns less than her which makes her choices extremely narrow if she earns a lot.

@@anm2x Yeah that's definitely true but getting into Tokyo university should be a cause of celebration, not a concern. After all, they studied soo hard to get into it, I feel like they should at least first congratulate and then talk about the marriage.

​@@anm2x Since you're speaking about it from the lens of intention, I think the word "chance" would be inaccurate - it should be "her choices would be extremely narrow" instead.

@@otakuu9609 That I can definitely agree with

12 - 15 hours. Yeah that's pretty tough.

I think in the future that the government will create babies ( of highest IQ people ) in artificial wombs . So when a doctor is needed , then the government will take the sperm and egg of the smartest man and woman , then create a baby with it , then raise it to become a doctor . Regular people will not be allowed to have kids

Indeed, they study as much as nurses/doctors work - they are taking it as seriously as working hard

@Mochi Potato Read Brave New World and it's not as wild as a thought you would think it is ;)

@Mochi Potato Not really. Per the American Psychological Association, the heritability of IQ (as we measure intelligence currently) is estimated at around 75% by adulthood. This means that most of the difference between person A’s IQ and Person B’s IQ is attributable to their genetic differences (genes inherited by their parents). These estimates began with some of the first research done on intelligence, or “g”, as a construct of general cognitive abilities that underlie most academic tasks. Beginning with family studies (twin studies, adoption studies), the heritability of intelligence is now, I believe, mostly confined to molecular genetic research. However, one should keep in mind that the word most is important. There is still that 25% (or more) attributable to non-genetic factors. Environmental factors can, and do, exert an influence on the development of one’s intelligence. Unfortunately, this tends to be mostly one-way. That is, poor environmental influences can have significantly negative effects on intellectual development while positive (or neutral) environmental influences have minor to no significant effect on one’s IQ.

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@@ncttboo9106 .

@@sriharip496 ??

Yes they are great!!

Very true

I went to a university in 1968 (yes, I'm really old). The bottom 50% of the freshman class literally couldn't move on to the sophomore year, no matter what your grades were, because there was no room for the students. I had to attend summer session to bring up my grade in calculus to move on to the sophomore year but then the draft happened. That was the end of my academic achievements.

Yo can someone reply to me so I can get back to this video, Im on the verge of sleeping and I dont wanna forget. thx

@@beandiesel974 Replying so you can get back to this video.

@@beandiesel974 just add to watch later or it will be in your subscription list..

@@beandiesel974 lmaooo

Yea especially when a lot of the med school rig the admission so less women can enter....

Specially after that scandal about making the criteria for females much higher than for males...

Wait is this really true? :0 I mean how could they do this (ب_ب)

@@ilovecorn97 that's still disgusting just the same to expect a competent female doctor to stay at home and take care of kids. definitely social pressure plays a part there.

@@cookie1271 I’m not even sure it’s even rigging, maybe Tokyo university tried to hide it, but anywhere else in Asia, women are OPENLY subjected to higher criteria to achieve something. In my high school, classes are divided into courses and in the order of academic excellence. The A class is well, obviously the smartest class. Girls can only enter with 8As and above, but boys with only 5As (not considering the Cs and Ds they might have for subjects they didn’t get A for). They do this to “balance the ratio of boys to girls”, but even then, girls will always have higher grades, and boys will still be a minority in the top classes. Should just do it fairly! Who cares if there are no boys, we’re not trying to create a mating population in the class.

Yeah programming is crazy. I’ve been on the self taught route for 2 months now and barely have a grasp on the basics. I much prefer 3D art/animation it’s a bit less stressful.

@Apple I think programmers just need to be determined and have patience. It's one of those things that takes over your whole life. I know people who program for a job during the day, then program with friends at night for fun. It's very impressive, but for me it was too much.

those who like programming have innate joy for problem solving. their logic is next level, meticulous and detail oriented. thank you for the internet and apps. 🙌👊

Like what @Abraham said, in learning a new programming language, you need to get the basics down first: flowcharting, variables, constructors, operators and all the other functions you use in the specific language. It's really hard to study a programming language if the basics aren't mastered. But if you run your software modules and see that they work, the hard work is worth it :)

it's simple. programmers with good skills program in their free time as a hobby. even after a decade now i still feel there's an endless amount of stuff to learn. you can't put a degree or price tag on that. it's simply personal interest. the way other people read books or watch movies, i take out pencil and paper and try to figure out an even better, more efficient way for an algorithm. on the other side, if you just want to get things done without spending your lifetime on it you can always use excel or python, stuff that's designed for the average person

A piece of cake comparing to Chinese， 6：00 AM to 10：00 PM for most of the middle school students and high school students for the whole 6 years . only a few days off in some important holiday severy year(for some middle school maybe a few rest days every month ) especialy for high school ,almost no summer and winter holiday . For the study time above, a lot even harder than that, especially for the year before college enrtance exam.

12 is a basic nesscacity for you to get into IIT collages in india.

Everyone has their own choice. It’s great that you find a way to balance your work and your life. It’s a healthy lifestyle tho.

@justice justice and what have you achieved in your life?

@justice justice yep, just like how we trained our muscles

It's awful. This is why I hate capitalist education systems.

Honestly

@@Lunar_Pendragon it's the same in China if you're asking tbh

You're absolutely right. This system of education is animalistic. It fires up our lowest human instincts of being cut throat with each other.

@@LordYamcha I like how critiquing a capitalist education meritocracy leads to someone pointing to a state capitalist country.

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I'm from Germany and here it is a pretty big issue. I think there is something called inequality index where it shows that poor peoples children are less likely to go to the university.

@@oo0OAO0oo This is almost the case for every country (me, trying to get scholarship which is supposed to ease financial burden, yet most awardee are from those famous private international school be like), is there a solution for this problem?

@@rayh.9130 It's not necessarily the connections you make in school and in your free time, but also just the family you were born into. You learn a lot from your parents, including the way you even view the world, which tastes you develop and also your cultural interests. A lot of good notes in high school come from general cultural stuff that you can reference or just being disciplined. Bourdieu calls this "cultural capital" and they empirically researched it and came to the conclusion that these subtle ways of living, thinking, interacting within this world, that you adopt form your parents, are heavily impacting your success in life.

That was an interesting point. I wished they expounded more on it

@@xXWorldgamefunXx do you have the link for the reference? I am interested

@C No it doesn't.

The same thing happens in China, South Korea, and Vietnam too. And probably a lot more countries in Asia.

@@tueanhvu1627 Can confirm happens in India as well

Yes but the university you go to greatly affects your network.

Lmao it’s true to a degree but it certainly helps a lot to be in the top uni

They dont say that though. so whats your point?

Yes it does

nah mate, things do not work that way in Japan, which kinda sucks. People do care about school's prestige more than they do in US or Germany. Note, I am doing a double degree at Todai and a relatively well known public policy school in Germany :)

What about the guys?

I think you misspelt intimidating * 😉

@@bocchi_boy what??

@@SamiNami they are very impressive too☺️

I notice that too😄

its pretty much normal in Asian countries to study that much for college entrance exams :(

@@ukm7740 nope. Mostly just east asia + singapore. It's more relaxed in other asian countries

@@vhlong287 In India, it is very competitive as well, there are toppers who spent 15 hours a day studying.

@@vhlong287 Bro wtf are you saying in India getting into a tier 1 college is just all what want and ever heard of JEE ADV that exam is freaking insane yet students study for it 10 hours is min

@@vhlong287 i think it should be east asia + singapore + India😑... sad but truth.

Kind of sad that hours of their study is just for that kind of job. Japanese people really like to study or have to. But it also explains why they are beyond almost every country

@@nevergiveupdearfriend7289 not really, it just that the government agencies prefer people from University of Tokyo. Of course, alumni can still find jobs outside. This is more of a preference from government agencies. They also do not explicitly mention it, but your chances of working for the government diminishes of you are not from University of Tokyo.

@@mercadv then it's the same here in the Philippines. A guy from UP will be promoted faster even though he's an average worker and flunked alot of courses than a hard working guy who graduated in a lesser known college. But it's mostly in government jobs. Private sector is probably a bit different though.

@@seraby7151 not true. I worked in the DOST for 5 years, no such issue.

@@seraby7151 before it was like this, but recently there have been more people in government that didn't come from the Big Four universities and got promoted quite fast.

It's a very competitive society , you have to study hard to keep your standards up to be able to complete , my guess is a very bad exam could set you back miles

Nobody likes studying

@@JD-jz5rr Actually, studying things that interest me gives me a lot of pleasure. I was reading and studying my chemistry textbook and was so amazed learning the things I read. Another example is my physics teacher who already has a masters but still likes to go to cafes with his old physics textbooks and reread them. Idk, a lot of people do like to study.

@@ldive Most people don’t like studying.

@@JD-jz5rr What make you think that way?

Interesting perspective

My workplace is surrounded by top local universities graduates. I'm one of those a few people there who didn't go to top schools. Nobody asks rocket-science problems during the hiring. And, the reality is nobody really cares about your education, companies hire you to finish their work and that with cheap pay. Just settle for it.

Oh... Yep. I definetly agree.

Same I stopped learning the language for 3 months but I'm thinking of trying again.

@@justaguy2040 you will not regret learning it I would love it if more people spoke it

@@baeseulgi1742 I always loved the language and culture I glady try again but as of right now is kanji the main dialect since I came across someone who speaks Japanese but speaks in Osaka dialect but he didn't understand some little sentence I was speaking but any recommendations of which dialect to learn first?

@@justaguy2040 Sorry, but this is going to be a long comment. The short answer is: Well it depends on where you want to live. There is Standard Japanese or “Kansai-Ben” which is most widely recognised. There is a main distinction between the different Japanese dialects. They are divided into two major types: the Tokyo-type (東京式/とうきょうしき) and the Kyoto-Osaka type (京阪式/けいはんしき). As you can probably guess, it is a division based on the northern and the southern dialects. So there are numerous subdivisions shaped on each particular region. The dialects belonging to these two groups are, to a large extent, not deriving from standard dialect. As with the standardized British English of London, spoken by the high class Londoners of previous centuries, 標準語 was spoken by the high class citizens of Tokyo during the Meiji Restoration of 1868. There are 7 or so that you might want to learn and I will list them and give background on them: 1. Hiroshima-Ben (popularised partly by 1974 movie “The Yakuza” and the movie used the dialect native to the Chugoku region. Ever since the dialect has had unfair association with mafia lol) 2. Kyoto-Ben (is part of Kansai dialects so along with Osaka-Ben, they are called the Kamigata Dialect. Kyoto-Ben is traditional dialect of Kyoto and is known for being soft and polite. It used to be the standard form of Japanese until the Meiji Restoration so many of its speakers are proud of their quite distinct accent. 3. Osaka-Ben (a more melodic and harsher version of Standard Japanese, and you may find speakers tend to omit particles). 4. Hakata-Ben (Spoken in and around Fukuoka City, and has recently been used in regional news events along with Standard Japanese. 5. Sendai-Ben (Is part of the dialect group Tohoku-Ben, spoken in Tohoou region. Sendai is the capital city of the Miyagi prefecture. Sendai-Ben is the closest of the Tohoku-Ben to Standard Japanese, and as you get closer to Hokkaido, the regional dialects become so different that mainstream media may need subtitles when showing people with such a dialect. 6.Hokkaido-Ben (The island of Hokkaido was settles recently, and after the Meiji Restoration people from Tohoku and Hokuriku regions migrate to Hokkaido and created a unique amalgamation dialect. So Hokkaido-Ben is a mixture of varieties with a set of distinct characteristics. For example よね？ / でしょう？turns into ―っしょ, and だろう / でしょう turn into べ and Potential form of Godan Verbs turns into ーる 7. Finally we have Nagoya-Ben, which is spoken in the Nagoya City of the Aichi prefecture. It is mix of Western and Eastern Japanese due to where Nagoya is situated geographically. Even though it is close to the standard Tokyo accent, we find them quite funny as they are more often than not characterised as speaking like a cat Negative form ―ない turns into ―せん a). 飲ません (のません) - I do not drink b). 食べせん (たべせん) - I do not eat Fun fact ✨ Most anime characters speak Tokyo-ben or Ibaraki-ben, two similar dialects to Hyojungo, which is the Standard Japanese taught in schools. This is true for around about 55-60% of anime characters. For example the famous character Son Gokū from Dragon Ball Z and Super, along with his wife Chichi, speak with a vague Tōhoku dialect, specifically “hokuetsu (北越) which is a sub-dialect of Tōhoku. This kind of “country” language can be seen in the English subtitles they speak how a southerner in USA might speak.What makes Goku so funny is that he actually speaks Yakuza Japanese saying things like “What?” or “Yeah...” so he talks like a gangster and it’s interesting because most people seem to think he was supposed to sound like a hillbilly but in fact it is Yakuza Japanese. I think because the way it is translated into English makes us think of him as a hillbilly which makes sense because he grew up in the mountains but in actuality he sounds nothing like that and just sounds like a gangster. Really interesting how different languages can change perception of a character. For example in their first appearance, Chichi and the Ox-King speak in a quite thick Tōhoku dialect, which for the Ox-King, in particular has the effect of completely disarming him in the eyes of the reader, despite his size and strength.When they reappear later on, however, their "Tohoku" speech has been whittled down to just a few key quirks (mainly monophthongized vowel pairs, use of particle "be", and use of "da" after verbs). I could go into depth comparing Yakuza stereotypes and Goku’s speech patterns but that would make this even longer lol. Sorry again for the long comment and sorry if my English isn’t the best still trying to get rid of some weird habits I do in writing. Hope you enjoyed my ted talk. Hope I answered your question. 😊

@CIA yes

Are you good at math?

@@sarno97 yes

I understand your pain👍

And yet, most of the most successful and richest people didn't even go to such universities or even thought of going to college. Academics is not everything!

@@coldhank out of 7 billion how many ppl are u talking about?! 5-6 maybe.. ppl who don't go to college ,is cause they can't,maybe financial or marks is the issue.. if they don't want to go to college ,they better have really good skills😅😅

Depends on the country I am not utterly privileged and I still got into #1 Norwegian university.. I think even if you come from an underprivileged background you can still get in if you have a nice CV/cover letter, and high grades.

@@NewSamanca I didn't say it's impossible for someone from underprivileged background to get into prestigious uni. My point is that it's much easier for privileged students to get in. So the notion that prestigious uni = because you are smart and a hard worker (which is the case in my country, might be different in yours. In my country students from top unis are praised to the point of they are seen as "different level") is not always the case, in my opinion.

This deserves many many more likes. Thank you for saying this. Classism and capitalism completely destroys chances of so many students then glorifies those who were successful just to make everything seem good...

can we get Asian Boss to interview the bottom grade students and to know what their experiences are.

I think in the future that the government will create babies ( of highest IQ people ) in artificial wombs . So when a doctor is needed , then the government will take the sperm and egg of the smartest man and woman , then create a baby with it , then raise it to become a doctor . Regular people will not be allowed to have kids

Or people who didn't even went to an university and don't work at the family business.

@@JD-jz5rr Stop.

That's right!

Honestly it kinda saddens me. Imagine abandoning pretty much all social life and maybe damaging your mental health for a chance of getting into a college that might not even assure you a job. I'm not saying they should be vagabonds and just party like there's no tomorrow but I feel like they are way to young to live exclusively for studying

@@juanpaula152 to them it’s worth it. In Japan the college you go to is actually worth a lot more than most people think. Yes mental health is a big problem in Japan especially since it’s something that people just don’t talk about. But it’s also true that college affects your position in work in Japan. Of course, it’s not GUARANTEED, but it’s more guaranteed than most people who go to other colleges. You are more likely to get more jobs, more likely to get treated better, and more likely to get promoted. It’s part of status.

@@soratatami9070 yeah but I think the issue is the fact that college IS so important in Japanese society. Grades, scores, they’re like life and death and I think that’s kinda sad. People will view you differently depending on your education and a person is more than just their grades and scores and education. They could be the kindest, most loyal, giving person but they’ll be treated kinda like trash or overlooked if they didn’t get good grades or went to university. This kinda goes for most societies but i think it’s more severe in japan. Plus these people pretty much lost their teenage years because they were slaving away studying 24/7

Then next challeng will be how to get into a good paying company

@@xhrissy467 yes I agree it is horrible. I understanding it is because I lived in it. But the problem is that the society is already shaped that way. Education is part of status in many places, especially in Japan. It decides where you work, how you get treated, and how your life will go. You can be the most hard working person who has great ideas but if you don’t have to proof of a diploma from a top college, people will look down on you or take advantage of you. There is a big problem in Japan in how workers are treated depending on how they contribute to their company. Companies want to show all their works are “elite” and one way is showing that all of them are from a prestigious college. Also yes some may lose their teenage years depending on how much they commit themselves to education but to them it’s like starting early. Companies want elite young workers who will contribute to their company for years. Some companies won’t hire you if you are too old.

Its the same everywhere , you are valued by the college you came from rather than what you are capable of .

What is your country?

@@alterzy5197 South Africa

@@sandilemlambo5701 Here in Brazil it's similar to this as well. If u come from a wealthy family, you'll study in a private school, with lots of oportunities, a nice infrastrature and better chances to enter a public university(those are the best here). However if u come from a poor family, you'll have to go to a public school that sucks and sometimes can not even provide food and water everyday plus the infrastrature is lame. And yet some people think we all have the same oportunities.

10 subjects is frustrating and I have 11 subjects on my second sem 32 units for 6 months to be completed I'm asian and I attend public local uni.

🤣🤣🤣🤣

😂😂😂

Is sorbonne very hard to get into as an undergrad? And sorry for the spelling i dont have french keyboard.

I agree with you.. I always admire street smart people.. given I'm good at academics + shy.. and I always feel they'll have a better future

Yeah, because they can always study and learn while "book smart" people with very bad social behavior need therapy or long periods of times to change the way they interact with others and behave.

@@mauvehawaii but some.of highly successful people like Elon Musk or Jeff Bezos are psychopaths too (criminal behavior) and yet they are not labelled as criminals. they're street smart not book smart. They manipulate book smart people (engineers/ accountant/ developers/ lawyers) to work on their advantage. How many people you know got promoted not based on merit but based on who they know or how well established their social network/ connections? Also, how many percent of your subjects of studies in uni can be applied in real working life?

@@fdja001 elon is actually very book smart tho he programmed video games at 10, has a dual degree of economics and physics and got accepted into phD at Stanford. What is/was your degree my finance/accounting degree is very practical 100% useful and my friends' degrees in dentistry etc. Are just fine.

The immense pressure usually leads to an outburst of suicidal thoughts and more- But due to such a high pressure that feels like a boulder strapped to your chest whilst you are sinking it's hard to come out and say anything.

@@LordYamcha yes I see it also I deal with it too. It’s truly disappointing

@@sunflowergarden9794 I know- society is just not fair

@@LordYamcha I hope life treats you well stranger!

@@sunflowergarden9794 you too as well stay safe friend

Legit

Lol you think girls want someone who has less achievements? In Asia??? 😂😂

European countries are not as overpopulated as Japan. Less population. Less competition

@@JD-jz5rr that's not my point tho , my point is 15 hours of study surely translates to the difficulty of the exam itself , you wouldn't study that much for an exam if the actual exam wasn't Uber ridiculously hard , like where I am studying the top students usually only study 4 hours to be able to get top marks on their exams

@Apple India has an exam you need to take to apply for government jobs called UPSC , the students who prepare for that exam prepare 12 plus hours a day

@Kevin S you're probably right , it sounds really competitive , like I live in a relatively small country with a population of 5 million but there's not alot of Universities maybe 5 major ones , and most of them are in the capital city which has about 1 million people , usually 70k students would be taking exams every year and most of them would be competing to get into those 5 major Universities , so for our population it's still pretty competitive but not nearly on the level it is in Japan

@@mustang3429 That looks like a Scandinavian country haha

I heard this is the case in China and Singapore as well :) In my country (Israel), it's the opposite. We slack off in highschool, then enter a shock of university which features extremely difficult courses and perplexing tests. Lots of students drop out !

can't they just date guys as educated or more educated than them?

@@randomstuff8027 If they are highly educated and are only willing to date someone as educated or more educated than them, they're not going to have much choices since the amount of highly educated guys are already not super high in the first place.

@@anm2x If I am not wrong then most students in Tokyo university are men so their are way more than them

@@randomstuff8027 The number of males to females in Tokyo university is actually 57% Males to 43% females so the difference isn't very big. And this doesn't just go for females but it's generally harder to find someone with higher education and salary than yourself because the ones at the top are always a selected few. Whereas if you choose to date down, there will be much more options available. As more and more females get higher education and salary, they will undoubtedly find it harder to find someone even higher than they are.

No, not in Japan. Actually all girls I knew whom graduated from top universities in Japan are all married earlier than the others. Guys as well. People are very practical, especially in the top universities girls are lesser than guys, not enough for pairing with guys.