This is exactly the flex that you think it is - a perfect score is crazy!
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I did it and I’m so happy with it. No qualms about that listening score whatsoever. I was very prepared to see a failing score. What a relief. I’ve never been nervous about a test score like this before.
[Edit] Actually, the passing sectional score is 19/60, isn’t it? In that case, maybe my listening score is actually quite decent.
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Oh wow. Congrats on passing! But I’m a little surprised that a 82/180 is apparently a pass?
I think you meant to tag someone else for this?
After two failed attempts (80 and 86) I finalled pass the N3 this time. I am a bit disappointed. I was expecting something higher (around 120), and especially in the reading section. In all cases, I do not understand at all how listening can be my strong point. Don’t sure at all if it is hopeless or not
to sit for the N2 in December…
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I passed!
Edit: N3
A note on the score - I expected such low score, as I am nowhere at comfortable N3 level, but I specifically studied for the test. I would not have been surprised if I had failed. I found some good advice on how to maximize my points in order to pass and … it worked. If anyone interested, the forum is available here on Bunpro.
Edit2: I just realized this score is not low at all, I got into the B1 bracket 
I had the same experience with the C1 DELE in Spanish, I needed that exam completed for work and I barely managed to pass but I did it. Actually, I had a slight feeling one of my Spanish teachers resented me because of this, alas, I do not care.
Congrats to those who passed and those who have not passed… First, it is okay if you remain silent about it, not everyone is motivated by flaunting their struggles. Second, passing or not the JLPT is not an indicator of your Japanese skills - it is an indicator if you can pass a highly standardized test or not, at max. Third, learning is a journey not a destination, if you enjoy the scenery, just continue, step by step.
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If they cleared the minimum section and overall score requirements, they passed, it is not just the overall score that counts.
It’s just N5, but I’m still happy 
I achieved my minimum goal (A for percentage in each section) and now I feel a bit more confident about trying for N4 in December.
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If the part of the registration number after 26A indicates the test venue, then maybe I was in the same school gym as you. The whole setting brought back memories of my matura exams, so the sound quality was actually better than I expected xD
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Can you please share your plan, and the resources were used to reach N2 in one year and few months?
I just passed N5 and will take N4 this December.
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A thread was started here Passed in N2 in ~1 year: My experience and advice - #2 by Clerk1856
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It’s not opened for other countries?
How do you have your results?
My exam test location was France
edit : ok, my bad, I just refreshed the page and I have them. I am afraid to click though!
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@zoomy
I didn’t realize the N1-C1 threshold was so high, the fact that you got such a good score and are still ranked B2 ? 
Congrats to everyone who passed, お疲れ様!
Congratulations 
If I remember well you had audio issues during the test and your entire group couldn’t listen to over half of it, right ? It’s a relief that they owned up to it
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Well, what a surprise, barely passed.
Ran out of time on reading and had to guess a lot of the answers.
I’m in no way satisfied with the results, but not planning to re-take the test either.
Maybe kanken in a few years.
お疲れ様でした everyone
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Ha, I can’t believe you remember that! How attentive of you. That was actually during the N4 last year december. JLPT December 2025 - #539 by BreadmanNin
They did NOT own up to it. They marked that portion wrong.
This time around, the relatively low listening score is just due to my own limited brain capacity. but I’m not bothered by it.
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Hey Touski no worries. I see someone posted the dedicated thread I made, that was more focused on a mindset shift that personally helped me and thought might be helpful for others.
For a more concise summary about the actual process. My personal progress went from completing Genki 1 and Genki 2, as well as Quartet 3 and 4 textbooks. During that entire time I used Anki as my main source of vocab acquisition, I touch on this in the thread but I think if you are really gunning for it, a high daily new card limit atleast in a short sprint can really help with your input. I did several months of 60+ new card limit on Anki.
Around Genki 2 I started incorporating different sources of input, starting with NHK easy, I would read several articles a day, before progressing to standard NHK articles. As well as easier Japanese podcasts like “Speak Japanese Naturally”. I find getting this base knowledge with grammar and vocab first (which seems like you may already have with N5 covered) really helps the process of enjoying and getting benefits of input. For kanji I used an app called Renshuu and set it to only learn the meanings of kanjis not focusing on stroke orders or readings (I believe you can pick up on readings as a consequence of learning vocab.
I did do quartet 3 and 4 but I feel at that point I couldve easily switched to bunpro and gotten a similar results (and would’ve been a lot more convienent). It was at this point I switched to doing bunpro, I put all Genki 1 and 2, as well as the quartert content at differing mastering levels so I could incorporate them at that stage. At this point I had also worked through all the free tadoku books from tadoku org. At this stage all of my vocab mining was from using yomichan and adding to my Anki deck via finding words in YouTube videos, articles or books.
I believe at around the n3 stage of grammar points and vocab coverage you should push heavy into getting a lot of input via pure Japanese content. And I would even opt to grind out learning grammar points to get to this stage before slowing down to prioritise content (increase learn limit), but that might be controversial.
For resources:
The website learnnatively is great for finding novels at different difficulties, very helpful once finished the tadoku books.
As mentioned, Renshuu for kanji, Anki for vocab, bunpro for grammar. Yomichan the chrome extension is also a godsend for vocab mining, especially as it adds the audio reading automatically.
There is many podcasts / YouTubers I listen to, off the top of my head: Bite Size Japanese podcast, akaneteki Japanese classroom,speak japanese naturally, Kensan okaeri, honobono, yuyu, Japanese with shun.
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It felt like a nightmare come-true for any JLPT taker, of course I remember ! 
But not clearly enough apparently aha. At least it was a one-time occurence only, and I wouldn’t call your current listening score low either. Plenty of us would be happy to pass N3 with such a score I’m sure
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