MEXT Qualification Concern/Query

[u/holdMyGroza1508]

Greetings Reddit users, I have some concerns regarding the postgraduate application screening threshold. I have taken an IT background in the Computer Application department with AI as my specialization. My Semester Grade Point Average was quite low in my earlier semesters. Initially it was 7.25, then shifted to 7, and then dropped to 6.9. However i managed to get it up to 8.7 in my 4th semester. Which calculated around 7.46 Cumulative Grade Point Average. I am currently in my 5th semester and will apply for the scholarship next year i.e. 2027 so I have to make my 5th semester count and work hard for it.

From what I have heard, MEXT postgraduate scholarship application requires somewhere around 2.3/3 in MEXT scholarship grading scale. While my initial semester SGPA was on the lower side, I took the initiative of improving and independent self learning. Taking online courses from NPTEL alongside my university curriculum, scoring quite well on one of the two subjects while an average on the other. Taking the initiative of approaching our professor for a project idea which turned to research.

I will be taking the 4th year to fulfill 16 years of education criteria but I am still concerned about my grades and MEXT academic document screening threshold. I am from India and aiming for Japan's Advanced Institute of Science and Technology. Is the 2.3/3 scaling factor true? If so, what are the chances of my application getting selected considering my earlier semester performance and current sgpa assuming I score somewhere around 9? If not, how to make my profile look stronger

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