In the 2016 entrance examination, it was found that more than half of the enrollees at private universities entered the university after selection such as recommended entrance examinations and AO entrance examinations other than general entrance examinations.

 When Sobunsha Co., Ltd. publishes the "University's True Ability Information Disclosure Book" (for 2017), the "percentage of university enrollees in general entrance exams" for students enrolled in April 2016 is classified by national and public universities and private universities. Survey by system. Calculated based on valid responses from 4 national and public universities, 2016 faculties, and 4 private universities, 168 faculties (both including courses) among university enrollees in April 680.

 In the 2016 entrance exams, the University of Tokyo has introduced recommended entrance exams and Kyoto University has introduced special entrance exams, and the percentage of students enrolled in general entrance exams is declining.The percentage of students enrolled in general entrance examinations was 81.1% for national and public universities and 49.1% for private universities.Furthermore, looking at the percentage of general entrance examination enrollees at private universities by system, the results are in contrast to less than 5% in the faculties of liberal arts, home economics, arts, and physical education, and more than 5% in the faculties of science. ..

 In the faculties of liberal arts, home economics, arts, and physical education, less than 75% of the faculties have more than 5% of general entrance examinations, and in the faculties of science, academic ability such as mathematics and science is indispensable for studying at university. Therefore, it is considered that there are many general entrance examination enrollees who impose an academic ability test.In the Faculty of Medicine (Department of Medicine), general admissions accounted for more than 50% of all universities, and there were several 100%.

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