JLPT 2008 Application Sent!

September 11th, 2008
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Some of you may remember my high praise of a good friend one year ago today when my application attempts got fouled up. That year she took a day of paid vacation, took a bus to a neighboring prefecture, bought an application, filled it out, and sent it in on my behalf. She didn’t tell me the extent to which she’d gone until she was on the bus back to Ehime and she wanted to know what to do about the required picture. Needless to say, I flipped out. Well, guess what? She has rescued me again. I bought the JLPT 2008 application online from Rakuten Books. They originally told me that it would ship in 1 to 3 days - but due to a backorder, they still have not shipped it to me. I placed my order 2 weeks ago. Tomorrow is the deadline for postmarking the application. I shall be refusing to pay for the application if they try to send it to me now. And I won’t feel bad about it. (Apologies to any other folks who tried to follow my hack. It didn’t turn out so well. :shock: ) I called the Kinokuniya in Matsuyama, had them pull an application for me and hold it at the desk. The same brilliant friend picked it up, filled it out, and mailed it for me again. I would be truly helpless without the friends I’ve got. I’ll be failing the JLPT level 1 in December if all goes according to plan. (I’m praying I can pull off 45 - 50% on the level 1, which, while failing, would still be an improvement technically speaking on my performance on the JLPT level 2.) :-) Yikes. Soooo unprepared.

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  • You know they're offering JLPT 1 in July 2009 as well, right?
  • Alex - yeah, that's part of the plan. I should get 2 practice runs in before I leave (if I leave) in 2009. I feel like if I take it once it'll make it easier the second time around. You know?
  • I would've been fuming if that had happened to me, but I probably would have used it as an excuse not to sit the test! Anyway, it sounds like you've got a great friend there, Deas. I can't think of many people that would drop everything on a moment's notice like that.

    As for the 6-month change, I think it's brilliant. Back in the days when I was doing the tests, passing or failing determined whether or not we'd stay in Japan for another year. Failing the test would bring some people to tears because they'd promised themselves they wouldn't go home until they passed, and failing meant staying another full year - which was more than many English teachers could bear.
  • Nic
    good luck, deas!!

    Nics last blog post was: Charming Characters of New York
  • Nick - I was rather tempted to use it an excuse not to sit the test. But I'm afraid that I'll never move forward if I don't....start. You know? Too comfortable right now. (And I agree with the praise for the 6 month schedule change. Though, I'll be honest, it probably won't change my schedule...ha ha ha. I'll just try from whatever country I'm in if I'm still a failure years down the road.)

    Chuck - as my biology teacher / vice principal Mr. Shaw used to say, "You don't need luck, you need knowledge. Therefore, I say to you, 'Good knowledge.' For those of you who didn't study, 'good luck.'" Ha ha ha. He also referred to tests as "grade boosters / busters." We shall see where I stand come test time. But it doesn't look good...
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