recommendation quota; admission slot for recommended students
Refers to a university admission slot reserved for students recommended by their high school, often based on grades, activities, or interviews rather than standard entrance exams.
He got into university through the recommendation quota.
Please check the application requirements for the recommendation admission category.
一般枠 is the regular admission quota through standard exams, contrasting with the special recommendation quota.
Compound of 推薦 (recommendation) and 枠 (frame, slot, quota).