[h3][sub][u]About the Ishin Academy Entrance Exams[/u][/sub][/h3]
The entrance exams started with a written application that had to make merit of hero knowledge, Japanese language accreditation, and a lot of other hero-oriented questions and writing opts. Once this was sufficiently passed you move on to being invited to Sapporo and IA’s testing facility to utilize your quirk before a board examination and then rigorous interviews to make sure your character fits the notion of Ishin Academy. As one could tell, this is quite different than the public spectacle of examinations found in academies like Yuuei Academy (otherwise known as U.A. High) where aspiring students compete in media-oriented exhibitions, and is one reason why in recent years Ishin has found itself bitter with the exponential increase of “American-style” examinations within their country. Ishin detests cavalier attitudes and unneeded excess that only serves to diminish the prestige of what a [i]Japanese[/i] hero is and should be. 
[h3][sub][u]Ishin Academy Dress Code[/u][/sub][/h3]
Ishin Academy’s [url=https://kafkafuura.files.wordpress.com/2012/07/1d2390cb7fedf281a85d8128e74993e7-web-crop-official-art.jpg]dress code[/url] is conservative and accommodative of the weather of the Hokkaido region of Japan, with mandatory knee-length blue-gray skirts and stockings in tandem with a simplistic sailor fuku for girls, and blue-gray gakurans and pants for boys. Black penny loafers are the mandatory footwear, though in the winter season it is accented with boots. There is absolutely no allowance of creativity in the dress code. In terms of field exhibitions and training exercises, universal Ishin Academy jumpsuits will be provided. It is not the school’s prerogative to give payouts to superhero development firms so students can design their own outfits as a student may develop their heroic identity on their own time and not with the school’s resources. However, a request form may be filled out for modifications and armament additions to the provided jumpsuits.
[h3][sub][u]Ishin Academy Foreign Policy[/u][/sub][/h3]
Ishin Academy is one of the finest schools in Japan for hero development and in terms of the international scale cracks the top twenty. However due to their presence on an international scale, Ishin defines itself as distinctly [i]Japanese[/i] and has no presence overseas. There are no “sister schools” in the United States or Europe that associate with Ishin and the administrative body would like to keep it this way. Students who seek out to apply to Ishin, otherwise known as “Gaijin” are outsiders that have to be vetted extremely to be [i]allowed[/i] to apply at all. Not only do foreign students need to have exceptional Japanese, they also need to meet even higher standards than Japanese applicants. It’s unfair, but nobody ever said Ishin was fair. 
[h3][sub][u]Travel to Ishin Academy[/u][/sub][/h3]
Most students accepted to Ishin Academy are offered a secure residence on academy grounds in the Sapporo area. As Ishin accepts all manners of Japanese students, and even on some special occasions, foreign visas it can be seen as a special if obtuse move from one’s home and into the cold environment of Ishin. Before the establishment of the dormitories around ten years ago students had no residence options and foreign students needed to get their own living arrangements in nearby Sapporo without the school’s help. The long train rides (as students had to ride the bullet train all the way to Hakodate and switch tracks to Sapporo) are now a thing of the past, though many students still are given a free of charge train pass by the administration so there are no problems visiting family and friends as long as this is done on their time and not the academy’s.

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