2022 Volume 18 Issue 1 Pages 1-16
We analyzed the changes and characteristics of the trends of examinees during the transition period from the National Center Test to the Common Test for University Admissions. As for the movements related to the Common Test, the number of new graduate private university applicants has decreased remarkably, especially in the Tokyo metropolitan area. As of 2021, non-new graduates were in the center test generation, so they had to give up taking the Common Test. In addition, it is thought that the worsening of the 18-year-old population in rural areas led to a sharp decrease in the total number of non-new graduates. Due to COVID-19, the number of people who did not take the test on the day doubled. It became clear that a certain number of applicants do not essentially need to take the Common Test.
