Hi, I got accepted to a graduate program in Japan and they're apparently shortlisting me for the MEXT scholarship (特別枠). I checked and confirmed that this program is still listed as a PGP program (国費外国人留学生の優先配置を行う特別プログラム) so they still have some active quotas still.
They added a disclaimer that I'd need to pay the tuition if my scholarship application falls through, so I was just wondering do PGP programs tend to shortlist more than their allotted quota, or is the application process more or less a formality?
Would greatly appreciate any insights in advance, thanks!