Although students were required to sign a Confidentiality Agreement and could not disclose the class competition—or the fact that only graduates of Class A received the school's advertised 100% Advancement Rate and Employment Rate benefits—
As Ichinose's homeroom teacher, she had already received word from the school that Ichinose had paid the fee for Class Advancement and would ultimately be able to graduate as a Class A student.
That meant she would enjoy Class A's benefits. Even a university like the University of Tokyo, which ordinary students could hardly hope to get into, would accept her through the school's recommendation without an entrance exam.
That was precisely why Class A students were so desperate to hold onto their positions.
Although Class A students started with relatively strong overall abilities and had quite a few students with high Academic Ability, if they truly had to rely on their own studying and take the exams, they could not casually get into a university like the University of Tokyo. In fact, perhaps only one person in the entire class would have a chance of getting in based on Academic Ability alone.
People always said that even if they failed to achieve Class Advancement—
Graduating from the University of Tokyo and graduating from a seemingly decent school like Waseda University were still two entirely different social classes.
They were completely different.
Therefore—
That was why this school was so exceptional and held such a lofty status.
And with such privileges, Ichinose's admission to the University of Tokyo was practically guaranteed.
However, Ichinose had not yet left the class, so she was still her student, Hoshinomiya thought.
Thus, she was still carrying out her responsibilities as a homeroom teacher.
However—
"Going to the University of Tokyo is your second choice, and Ichinose, are you sure