JLPT N3

Well that was really difficult.

I bought textbooks that have it set up so you learn the JLPT material in 6 weeks. I ended up cramming them into about 3 weeks >.< I’m such a procrastinator.

The test is split up into 3 parts: Kanji/ Vocab, Grammar/ Reading and Listening and was about 5hrs.

The Kanji and vocab was sooo hard. I ended up guessing for most of it, along with a lot of the other afsers. Grammar was pretty easy, only a couple I wasn't sure about. And the listening was super easy, but that could because I have practice with that everyday. ;)

There were a ton of ppl there. It was held at one of the universities. You werent allowed to park your car/bike there so it was either bus or get a ride. I ended up taking the bus (since it goes right by my house) and it was packed. Not normal packed either, like I had to get on at the front (normally you get on at the back). They had to have 3 or 4 extra buses for to take all the gaijin to the exam. I use a bus card/ pass thing that u are supposed to scan at the back when you get on and then the front when you get off, and the fee is deducted from that. Since i never got to scan it in the back, the bus driver let me ride for free! Which was great, cause the bus was like 400yen (about 4$). 

The exam supervisors were really strict, like you cant open your book until they say, cant write after the time is up, or hold your pencil even O.o. If you break certain rules, they give you a red card (kicked out) or yellow card (2 and ur kicked out)

However, there were a couple of ppl you broke the rules. One guy in my room ended up burping really loud right before the listening part started (cant make noise during the listening section) tho that's kinda unavoidable.

There were a lot of Chinese ppl who would open their books, and even start the test before we started and a couple got in trouble, tho they were sneaky about it. They did not seem to learn, no matter how many times they were warned. A couple of them were kicked out. In my friends room, there was a Chinese lady (I swear I have nothing against Chinese ppl, but they just happened to be the ones breaking the rules the most) who actually pulled out her dictionary during the test and was flipping through it O.O. My friend glared at her, and he got a yellow card for “looking” at someone else’s test. She on the other hand went un notice >.<;.

I was fiddling with my pencil at the beginning of the test, and was given a yellow card for that, ehehe. I have no idea if I passed or not, kanji are still my enemy. Im just glad its done…