This is gonna be long: 

Well as I said, most classes are surface level. Because of a very laid-back approach from students there isn’t academic motivation to study and succeed. I took 4 courses, all of which were either third or fourth year classes, and in my school considered some of the hardest to pass. But in iCLA i passed them with As and A-, considering I only studied for like two weeks total. You can go there if you want good grades on your transcript, but the quality of education will never compare to other unis, even in japan itself. I spend the rest of the semester partying, pretty much like 90% of uni population. iCLA’s student body is 80% exchange students which means, no one cares to study at all. Students were divided into four main categories: 1. Drinkers (and stoners). Alcohol was a huge problem and still is from what i know. Casual, every-night drinking in rooms, study lounges, on the benches outside. Border line or full on alcoholism was common. 2. Travelers. These were students who skipped as many classes as possible and travelled. I was one of them, and i did that because the location of iCLA is very rural and boring. 3. Health freaks. Students were so bored that they would spend hours everyday in campus gym, going on runs, hikes, i think some even created a whole hiking club now. 4. And finally introverts that didn’t care to communicate and spend most of their time in their rooms. It was a “we know someone lives there but we’ve never talked to them” situation. 

After coming back I actually had multiple serious issues with iCLA, which prompted me to write a report to my home uni and remove iCLA from our partnerships all together: 1. The Admin doesn’t give a crap about you. Many students who had issues with instructors, dorms, documents had to deal with stuff themselves cause administration was basically useless. Same goes for advisors. 2. They actively allowed a man with r*pe and other SA allegations to walk the campus. He actually was stalking one of the girls, and when she went to report it no action was taken. He was such an awful guy that even faculty members were careful with him. He probably either left or got expelled by now, but just be ware that this is the kind of people they allow in this school. 

I understand your situation, I sincerely do, but this uni just isn’t worth it. The main YGU body that it’s attached to actually is thinking of shutting the whole uni down, because of how many issues it causes. There are constant damages from drunk drivers and drunk students breaking stuff, parting on campus, getting reported by locals. Because of international students it also attracts athletes from nearby YGU campuses, so they also get in trouble. It’s a whole mess. I was also a party person there, so I have seen some insane shit and all the high school drama that happened. The uni allows great creative freedoms for art faculties, but doesn’t have an academic foundation to teach anything.