noun
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.
彼は推薦枠で大学に合格した。
He got into university through the recommendation quota.
推薦枠の出願条件を確認してください。
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).