The tuition is 500,000 yen a year now--up to 700,000 or 800,000 yen for science and engineering students--which is even higher than that of elitist Keio University, and most lower and middle income families simply can't afford it.
如今的早大，學費一年要五十萬日圓、理工科更高達七、八十萬，和貴族化的慶應大學差不多，一般中下階層的子弟根本念不起。