”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?”

*Evil Grin* >:}

Cheaters only cheat themselves.

captal wrote:

Last year, someone also thought of the idea of taking the test in Japan and then flying to the US and taking it again- I wonder what time Hawaii has the test...

May as well take the test in China in that case and skip the harrowing plane ride.  Cheating on the JLPT is pretty much enforced there.

So i finally got around to doing the July test... I didn't bother scoring it properly, just calculated raw percentages. My miss rate was pretty consistent across different mark questions so it probably doesn't matter much.

Language Knowledge: 80%
Reading: 73%
Listening: 72% (real shocker as i was unsure of virtually all my answers)
Overall: 75%

I'm pretty happy with that... It's a pass by enough of a margin that hopefully its still a pass after all the bell curving etc. And none of the sections are remotely close to the sectional fail points (fairly even actually). Now, i just have to repeat that performance tomorrow (including my startlingly accurate guesswork in the listening...)

So N1 is in like 9 hours for me Looking foward to it! Got N2 in July so i'm not expecting to be able to pass N1 this time round but I think I may have a shot at it.

Anyways, 頑張って！

@Jarvik7 -- So, uh.. *cough* just out of curiosity, what time is the test in China? And where can we track down some of these devious thieves?

@JimmySeal -- Yes, it was. Hence the "So, uh.. *cough*" bit, and the "tracking down" of "devious thieves." I guess it didn't come out as good in text as it sounded in my head.

Asriel wrote:

@JimmySeal -- Yes, it was. Hence the "So, uh.. *cough*" bit, and the "tracking down" of "devious thieves." I guess it didn't come out as good in text as it sounded in my head.

Ah, hard to detect sarcasm on the internet with high accuracy, and that's why we have Poe's law.  I beg your pardon.

mbaron wrote:

According to this site:
http://www.jlpt.jp/e/guideline/results.html

You only need 19 out of 60 points to pass each section.

I see, so I was half right.  Thanks for the clarification.

I didn't know there were online practice tests available. I found N2 to be a quite easier than the actual July test, I think they really want to mess with my head.

http://www.jlpt.jp/samples/forlearners.html

Just click the colorful buttons with your appropriate level.

Just 12.5h left.

Good luck to everyone! Mine starts at 9.30 (10.30 hours left) in the morning, I'll have to get up early because it will take me about one hour to arrive to the place -_-

Daaang, I'm not even home from University yet. Mine starts tomorrow.

thurd wrote:

I didn't know there were online practice tests available. I found N2 to be a quite easier than the actual July test, I think they really want to mess with my head.

http://www.jlpt.jp/samples/forlearners.html

Well, if thats any indication of how I'll do on tomorrow's test, I shouldn't have troubles. Unfortunately, the actual N1 test from July had me scratching my a head a bit more than this did...

Just got to my hotel in Alexandria, just outside of Washington. I had to drive through a freak snowstorm in North Carolina to get here. Totally nuts.

Now I just have to figure out a way to relax and get into a 日本語 studying mindset. I'm all frazzled from traveling and just all-around nervous.

I even had a Fun Moment where I thought I had left my exam ticket at home. I didn't, but for 5 minutes, papers were flying when the envelope didn't show up in its expected place.

I guess I'll go hit the cramzen master a little, then do a practice test, then some listening drills or something, then sack out with some Benadryl.

では諸君、健闘を祈る！

(Don't forget your bananas and milk in the morning!)

Well N1 was considerably harder than N2! Like the first time I took ２級, im not expecting a pass. Though I feel i'll come pretty close.