I know it’s not the best decision, but I find myself in a dilemma. Next year in April, I plan to enroll in a language school for a one-year course. However, the requirement is to have at least an N3 qualification. My goal is to pass the test simply to obtain the certificate needed for admission. Unfortunately, I can’t wait until December since the admission process starts around August-September. In terms of my Japanese proficiency, I am confident that I could easily score 130+ on N5 mock tests.
So the question is, should I go directly for N3? I am willing to dedicate six or more hours per day to studying as I currently have a lot of free time.
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Why not? You have no reason at all not to try it
Ye do it, sounds harsh but apart from personal achievement n4 and n5 certificate aren’t really worth much, so I recommended going for n3 straight, 6 hours is so much study time that even if you only have 2 hours of focused studying within that you should be fine
You basically answered your own question here. If you need N3, just go for n3. You can always take mock n5 / n4 tests to check you progress along the way.
I didn’t take the test until N3. As long as you have studied most of the N3 material, you should be good. Good luck!
If you need N3 in-hand to apply, yes. If you just need to be “about” because they test on enrollment (or they will accept an equivalency), no.
The jump from N4 to N3 isn’t that much, IMO. A lot of older patterns are expanded on and should be used more carefully. There is more kanji and vocab, however.
If you need N3 in-hand to apply, yes. If you just need to be “about” because they test on enrollment (or they will accept an equivalency), no.
The jump from N4 to N3 isn’t that much, IMO. A lot of older patterns are expanded on and should be used more carefully. There is more kanji and vocab, however.
That is definitely doable. Good luck studying for N3!
If you need the N3 then there’s no use in going for something lower.
Study hard, use test prep specific materials, and do practice tests. There are probably prep schools or tutors you can find specifically to help you pass the test.
I can’t really say if it’s possible because I’m not at that level but I’ve seen posts about insane people doing N1 in one year so you can probably do N3 if you’re hardcore.
N5 and N4 is completely different than N3. Even the scoring system is different. I never heard of a language school requiring N3 but if that’s the case, you should take the N3 to see where you score in order to improve the test if you don’t pass.