Barely passed, but since I didn’t quite prepare as much as I should have, I’m fine with the result 
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I think i barely passed N5 but I am very happy i did! The listening was def the hardest for me, I thought it was a fast speed and there are no repeats.
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Bit late to the party, but I only just checked my score cause I lost my registration number and only just found it 
As expected, I did pretty bad and failed. I hadn’t studied Japanese seriously for years and tried to cram for about two-three weeks in the evenings, which didn’t really work. I think if I took the test now I would pass. Not discouraged since this made me study a lot more than I would have without taking it, and still aiming for N3 this July! They don’t arrange it in here, but fortunately I’m in Japan to take it.
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I just received my N4 passed certificate in the mail today - I am only half happy, because it has been folded in half and crumbled all over 
I built a giant “press” from a lot of A4 books hoping that would help. But I am pissed - why would anyone think it’s okay to just fold an A4 envelope in half? What did they think it was in an A4 envelope for in the first place?
I just wish everyone was that careful to do an excellent job, as the japanese 
I hope everybody else got their certificates in a tip-top shape. If not … this is the time to be angry together, that helps sometimes 
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Oh my, that sounds really nasty! A bit more care and respect would surely have been nice.
I am wondering, maybe you can even iron the certificate? Heat and steam and pressure might do wonders. (I’ve done this a few times to remove dents from wooden furniture, and it works very well there.)
But please do get some more information before you actually do this - I don’t want you to burn or discolour your certificate that way… 
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The post office replied to my complaint, that they can’t serve “not foldable” packages, and if I want to avoid this in the future, I should get the papers between two thick sheets of carboard …
Thank you, that is a good idea! If the pressing doesn’t help in a few days, I am going to lay some cloth over it and try ironing 
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I think that is how I received my last one but I’m not certain since it’s been a while. Since it is apparently up to the test location to send out the certificates, they should have done that.
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I took N4 test, got 89 points and yes, 90 points was necessary to pass…
Almost perfect 50%
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Yeah, I wrote to them too asking if I can come and get the certification in person next time to avoid this. Hopefully they will be nice and cooperative
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My certificate is a bit bent. But the good news is that my percentile rank is 87.2!
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My percentile rank is 99.8 by the way.
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So does that mean that there is 0.2 % of N4 participants that have a better 180-points-score than you do?
That feels a bit nitpicky on their side 
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Percentile is how many people you scored better than. So that’s the max it could be.
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Oh, so that means 0.2% of all N4 takers got 180 points? That makes much more sense, thank you
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I took the N5 and passed. The Language Knowledge was 69/120 (nice). My overall score was 116/180, but in the reference section, I got all ‘A’.
What should I take away from this? (Besides studying more, lol)
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I passed the n5. It was harder than I expected though
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Ay just got the email confirmation that my certificate and score report has been sent out!
(Melbourne, Australia, if anybody is curious)
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I got the email today as well as the certificate in the mail (in Melbourne Australia)!
Yeah me too! I was surprised!