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@kodorakun Check this thread:
http://forum.koohii.com/viewtopic.php?id=6880
Or just go back to page 4 or 5 of this thread, I think. I don't remember the precise phrase I used in Google, but it was just the Chinese version of whatever JLPT is. Just make sure your antivirus is up to date.
@Sebastian: Ouch. At least you don't have to fly the plane! 
I'm just worried about falling asleep and driving into a tree... at 70 mph.
I could go into this test with a much lighter attitude if I could take it more than once a year, I think... well, that, and I feel like a freakin' guinea pig for the new questions.
@Seizar:Thanks for your reply!!!(i never got a post that long from someone before xD)
Anyway,i just wanted to explain a few more things,my situation is actually a lot like yours like you say,just that some things are reversed.Me and you probably have the same starting points,before RTK i was already at basic grammar level and have studied kana,knew about 50 kanji,and i used to watch a lot of anime and stuff.me and my friend started at the same time but i focused a lot more on japanese than he did,so now im pretty sure im far ahead of him,so he's not planning to take the N1 yet,he just threw the challenge at me(what you said about competition is unfortunately true:S),he would probably take the N3.Im also studying chemical engineering at the moment so next year will be hell!Anyway,thanks for your motivation and letting me know it is possible:D(im still curious to know your result though,can you PM me or something?xD)
@phantombk201
you really think that you can win this challenge?????
and you should have mentioned that you don't have any subjects next year or at least the next 9 months
you know that I'm 100% sure that you are going to lose this challenge and even your senpai is almost sure but he wont tell you this
rich_f wrote:
@Sebastian: Ouch. At least you don't have to fly the plane!
Update: The flight was originally at 7:30 AM, and when I wrote last time it had been delayed until 2 PM. Now it was delayed again until 4:30 PM, which means a total of 9 hours of delay. I'm glad I'm taking the flight today instead of the day before the test.
I could go into this test with a much lighter attitude if I could take it more than once a year, I think... well, that, and I feel like a freakin' guinea pig for the new questions.
I like Buenos Aires, but I hope from next year on they offer the exam at my country too.
For your sake, I hope they offer it in your country, too. 9 hours is too many hours to kill in an airport!
I hope you have some study materials.
EDIT: Just did the Listening, and got 66% right on that. Hmm... I blame the audio quality. >_>a
Oh and I loved the intermission music. That was hysterical. I'll have to try not to laugh during the Real Thing.
So it looks like I *might* be able to pass, so long as I don't bomb the reading outright... *if* I get questions that are favorable-ish to me. If not, I'm screwed. XD
Last edited by rich_f (2010 December 02, 2:53 pm)
2 days before the test and I got sick. Above all I have to work tomorrow. No time to recover at all.
Why, oh, why?
Oh well my first JLPT experience will be a horrible one then, I guess.
I always wanted to know what my ability is when I'm half-dead. Taking and passing the JLPT when you're fit everybody can do anyways, right?
*sigh* 
Trying not to think about the 200$ and all the years of studying right now (-_-) ....
I know the test is not everything, but still ....
Am I the only one who'll take the test half-dead?
That's why I didn't want to take it in December, but I missed the July application deadline by one day this year
I've decided not to really study specifically for the test this year as I did for 3級. Just doing my anki reviews and going through DIJG has been helpful though.
I'm really unsure if I'll pass or not- I was feeling pretty confident after taking the July listening section a couple months back, but now I'm not so sure. I'll go take the July test and either feel a lot worse or marginally better
At this point I'm only reviewing vocab (and some kanj).
I did all that was possible in the time and if I were healthy I think I could pass, but that not being the case I'm not sure. I'll just try to enjoy the test and see how it goes 
My average passing rate of N2 style tests so far was: 81% - so that SHOULD be okay (but I was not sick when I took the mock tests ;P)
I'll go to bed early and try to get as much rest as possible. I have a 8hour working day and a 4 hour train ride ahead of me tomorrow before taking the test on Sunday.
I hope my body will last that long.
I wish everybody good luck
So i was doing some N2 style listening questions in class today (out of a red book?). They seemed waaay harder than the questions on the old JLPT2 (i regularly got 70-80% on listening on the old JLPT2 exams). Some of them were hard and confusing to the point where i didn't get them right on *reading* the damn script (my reading is easily my strongest skill). I'm *hoping* that book is just excessively hard but i fear it's just that the N2 listening has gotten way harder than it used to be. I'll take the July N2 test as some last minute practice tomorrow... There's a chance my reading and language knowledge scores will cover for my listening but i'm looking at big points to need to make up.
@Ghostman:you're going to take the N2 and im taking the N1,the higher score wins!!Let's see what you can do!!
Since the new N2 is bell-curved so that ~45-50% of test-takers will pass, instead of the old 2級, where a significant number of test-takers could be screwed by bad question-writing, well, I'm not surprised at the higher number of passing students. In fact, I welcome it, considering all of the wasted time and effort when you fail N2-- you don't get anything to show anyone where your Japanese ability is. It's a stupid way of testing Japanese language ability in the first place.
I don't care about or any sort of "prestige" in the sense of "oh, the old test was harder." I just want to be able to show Interested Parties what level my Japanese is at, and it shouldn't have to be an ordeal to do so. (Because there are a lot of companies, etc., out there who require some sort of "proof" that you can speak the languages you say you can speak. Otherwise I wouldn't bother with this.)
I suppose if you really want to show off, though, there's always KanKen 1級.
Anyone else has this feeling that another month would be exactly what they need to pass? 
I think I'm exactly on the edge and it can go both ways very easily.
thurd wrote:
Anyone else has this feeling that another month would be exactly what they need to pass?
I think I'm exactly on the edge and it can go both ways very easily.
Yes, it will come down to whether i can cover an abysmal listening score with the other sections (with an outside chance that i miss the listening section minimum). I agree that the new format for the listening is better, the old style was way too easy. Hence i've done fairly minimal work improving my listening. Unfortunately, i became aware of the difference in difficulty way too late and haven't done nearly the preparation needed to do well on it. I really suck at taking notes while listening and that's going to hurt me.
I guess the question is where on the bell curve do we sit...
Something just came to my mind (quite late, I know).
Japan is one of the first countries to have the test (timewise) - apart from Australia and some other Asian countries, of course.
Most European countries will have the test 8-9 hours LATER than Japan, for example.
Basically it's possible that the people who already took the test tell the people in other countries about the contents of the test before they actually take it. Right?
Isn't that a little bit unfair? ;P
Anyways, I'm leaving now (8h work, 4h train, bed, test), so I wish everybody good luck for tomorrow