Chiharu Saito of pop idol group Nogizaka46 has received word she’s been accepted into the prestigious Meiji University.

Saito revealed through her official blog that she passed the entrance exam for the highly regarded school and would be entering the Department of Literature this coming semester. She shares “I wanted to challenge myself as much as I could and pile on the experience in order to become an amazing person. I don’t want to regret not challenging myself.” she continues “I will do my best as always! Please continue to watch over me.”

Meiji University [明治大学] is a private university in Tokyo and Kawasaki, founded in 1881 by three lawyers of the Meiji era, Kishimoto Tatsuo, Miyagi Kōzō, and Yashiro Misao. It is one of the largest and most prestigious Japanese universities in Tokyo, Japan. The University has nine faculties with a total of around 33,000 students on three campuses in Ochanomizu in Chiyoda, Tokyo; the Izumi neighborhood of Suginami-ku, Tokyo; and the Ikuta neighborhood of Tama-ku, Kawasaki. The university is one of the Japanese Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology’s thirteen “Global 30″ Project universities.