(2016-06-02, 2:18 pm)FlameseeK Wrote: I could have sworn you guys - that is, yogert909 and RawPk - were both N2+ or at leasts shooting for N2!
I guess I'm the one who's crazy to attempt to go over N2+ content in my first year of study (started last year on Sep 15).
I probably would have been N2+ by now if I hadn't stopped studying Japanese 4+ years ago. But alas, I'm not. I guess after my formal Japanese classes I just lost any motivation to self-study.
As for the review pileup, I'm basically lazy sad to say lol But I'm hoping that trying to use the JLPT as a goal will act as a motivator for me to get back into it. That, and I'd love to know enough Japanese to consume media but this is a long term goal that isn't enough to motivate me here and now. The JLPT is more immediate due to the fact as least it lets me know where I stand in a sense.
With what I'm studying now, it is more of a "catch up" because I forgot a lot of what I learned in my classes way back when...and it showed in my J-CAT scores. I will be able to retake it again in August to see if there has been some improvement since then. If I don't hit the pre-intermediate range (101-150 total) in the 2nd attempt, I'm strongly considering bumping down to N4 for December.
IMO going from beginning to N2 in a year is reach but seeing as that you're almost done with Tobira (which according to this reddit topic is about N3),you can quickly review N3 with JLPT N3 Comprehensive Exam Exercises (Tettei Drill) then work your way to N2.