There are many notable exceptions, but Japanese university students, generally speaking, are notorious for preferring to play around rather than hit the books. One reason is that the pressure to get into college is so great they lose all enthusiasm for the pursuit of knowledge once they get in.
在總數一百多回的芥川賞中，早大出了廿二位得主、直木賞則是一百多回中佔了廿三位，兩項紀錄都是別校難以企及的。