# Post your J-CAT score! **URL:** \ **Category:** Japanese Language\ **Created:** [March 8, 2017, 10:10pm UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/post-your-j-cat-score/16427 "2017-03-08T22:10:09Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 30
**Author:** ![ennuideblase](https://cdck-file-uploads-global.s3.dualstack.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/wanikanicommunity/original/3X/f/d/fd4c154120954695f788402f3bcf4e616499bc2d.png) [@ennuideblase](https://community.wanikani.com/u/ennuideblase)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2019, 1:50am UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/post-your-j-cat-score/16427/581 "2019-02-09T01:50:03Z")
Just like the GRE! ---
**Author:** ![NickNickovich](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/wanikanicommunity/user_avatar/community.wanikani.com/nicknickovich/32/201427_2.png) [@NickNickovich](https://community.wanikani.com/u/NickNickovich)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2019, 6:34am UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/post-your-j-cat-score/16427/582 "2019-02-09T06:34:57Z")
Try Opera. Worked for me last time I took the test. ---
**Author:** ![rawrdinosaur](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/wanikanicommunity/user_avatar/community.wanikani.com/rawrdinosaur/32/267461_2.png) [@rawrdinosaur](https://community.wanikani.com/u/rawrdinosaur)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2019, 1:20pm UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/post-your-j-cat-score/16427/583 "2019-02-11T13:20:04Z")
![26%20PM](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/wanikanicommunity/original/3X/8/1/81af1ef177fae9a834436761edc88f1cbb3f174d.png) I was honestly a bit surprised at the listening because it felt like it would never end. The reading kept alternating between giving me really really easy texts and texts with a lot of kanji I didn’t know, until it finally gave up on me 😂 Overall I’m pretty happy, but I know I need to focus on vocabulary because the test kept throwing words I didn’t know at me. (for reference, I got 78/180 on the N4 last December, so I’m not sure why the test score for this would put me at barely intermediate N3 level) ---
**Author:** ![danielguzman\_jp](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/wanikanicommunity/user_avatar/community.wanikani.com/danielguzman_jp/32/214187_2.png) [@danielguzman\_jp](https://community.wanikani.com/u/danielguzman_jp)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2019, 9:20am UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/post-your-j-cat-score/16427/584 "2019-02-12T09:20:26Z")
my score in the first days of November, haven’t studied Japanese in several years before that (passed the N2 in 2011, then around 2013 paused my studies AKA lost my motivation) ![jat](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/wanikanicommunity/original/3X/4/c/4c4f400bbbbc8b533775e2cde01af6aeb884def9.png) my score today, doing wanikani everyday and some days listening to podcasts/movies/tv , i guess i need to start reading more and start the shinkanzen books, the goal is N1 in December ![4943bd39-9030-4ec3-b56b-cc115d7fc0d5](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/wanikanicommunity/original/3X/5/c/5c06651ae87593696e4cb8c44fc56d5eb200fcfe.png) ---
**Author:** ![kebekor](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/wanikanicommunity/user_avatar/community.wanikani.com/kebekor/32/486595_2.png) [@kebekor](https://community.wanikani.com/u/kebekor)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2019, 11:15am UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/post-your-j-cat-score/16427/585 "2019-02-12T11:15:25Z")
| Listening | 62 | | --- | --- | | Vocabulary | 50 | | Grammar | 44 | | Reading | 44 | | Total | 200 | Ugh… Never attempted any JLPT. Grammar and reading were really painful and frustrating parts! ---
**Author:** ![elynchbell](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/wanikanicommunity/user_avatar/community.wanikani.com/elynchbell/32/212901_2.png) [@elynchbell](https://community.wanikani.com/u/elynchbell)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2019, 7:42am UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/post-your-j-cat-score/16427/586 "2019-02-16T07:42:36Z")
![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/wanikanicommunity/original/3X/4/9/496479bb7bfd96d24489b9a1284b049956579a00.jpeg) 142 which is better than I expected and puts me in the N3 band which seems ambitious. My listening feels like it has come one by leaps and bounds in the last few month and that’s reflected in the score. ---
**Author:** ![seanblue](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/wanikanicommunity/user_avatar/community.wanikani.com/seanblue/32/579844_2.png) [@seanblue](https://community.wanikani.com/u/seanblue)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2019, 2:04pm UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/post-your-j-cat-score/16427/587 "2019-02-16T14:04:08Z")
It actually puts you in the N4 band. The chart in the opening post is the old scoring system. | Old | New | | --- | --- | | Level 4 | N5 | | Level 3 | N4 | | - | N3 | | Level 2 | N2 | | Level 1 | N1 | ---
**Author:** ![elynchbell](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/wanikanicommunity/user_avatar/community.wanikani.com/elynchbell/32/212901_2.png) [@elynchbell](https://community.wanikani.com/u/elynchbell)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2019, 9:13pm UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/post-your-j-cat-score/16427/588 "2019-02-16T21:13:39Z")
Well that’s good then. Where I want to be. ---
**Author:** ![seanblue](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/wanikanicommunity/user_avatar/community.wanikani.com/seanblue/32/579844_2.png) [@seanblue](https://community.wanikani.com/u/seanblue)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2019, 2:03am UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/post-your-j-cat-score/16427/589 "2019-02-24T02:03:05Z")
I’m going to take the test tomorrow if everything goes as planned. I did a few sample questions to make sure I understood the format. Which reminded me of the stupid 30 second limits questions have. Like, how am I supposed to answer this in 30 seconds? I guess if I knew 無断 was a noun I could immediately rule out C and D, but I like to be able to read everything properly before answering… ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/wanikanicommunity/original/3X/f/5/f505242faa51098a978d6624bd29fcf28869ecf3.png) ---
**Author:** ![Vanilla](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/wanikanicommunity/user_avatar/community.wanikani.com/vanilla/32/521468_2.png) [@Vanilla](https://community.wanikani.com/u/Vanilla)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2019, 2:16am UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/post-your-j-cat-score/16427/590 "2019-02-24T02:16:18Z")
> [@seanblue](#): > > Like, how am I supposed to answer this in 30 seconds? If you know how 無断 works, I’d say you should be reasonably certain that its A just by looking at the first character that follows it, and then take maybe a couple seconds to read that first sentence to confirm it does indeed make sense. 30 seconds should be well enough time for that I think. Reading every sentence may be hard to do in 30 seconds, yeah, but with knowledge of the vocab comes a need to not actually read every sentence. ---
**Author:** ![SoraR](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/wanikanicommunity/user_avatar/community.wanikani.com/sorar/32/230893_2.png) [@SoraR](https://community.wanikani.com/u/SoraR)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2019, 2:18am UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/post-your-j-cat-score/16427/591 "2019-02-24T02:18:56Z")
So you were able to register with IE with no flash? ---
**Author:** ![seanblue](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/wanikanicommunity/user_avatar/community.wanikani.com/seanblue/32/579844_2.png) [@seanblue](https://community.wanikani.com/u/seanblue)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2019, 2:21am UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/post-your-j-cat-score/16427/592 "2019-02-24T02:21:02Z")
Yeah, I understand. I just don’t like reading for the test. In the real world I’d try to read each sentence. I hate that I have to skip through and read pieces of sentences to try to stay within a time limit. ---
**Author:** ![seanblue](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/wanikanicommunity/user_avatar/community.wanikani.com/seanblue/32/579844_2.png) [@seanblue](https://community.wanikani.com/u/seanblue)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2019, 2:21am UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/post-your-j-cat-score/16427/593 "2019-02-24T02:21:37Z")
I was able to register and take sample questions in IE without doing anything else. Presumably I’ll be able to take the whole test tomorrow. ---
**Author:** ![Vanilla](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/wanikanicommunity/user_avatar/community.wanikani.com/vanilla/32/521468_2.png) [@Vanilla](https://community.wanikani.com/u/Vanilla)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2019, 2:23am UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/post-your-j-cat-score/16427/594 "2019-02-24T02:23:22Z")
Yeah thats fair enough honestly, but luckily they usually give words that are pretty easy to tell if they are properly used just by looking at their surroundings (if you know em). Best of luck tomorrow! ---
**Author:** ![Naphthalene](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/wanikanicommunity/user_avatar/community.wanikani.com/naphthalene/32/219185_2.png) [@Naphthalene](https://community.wanikani.com/u/Naphthalene)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2019, 3:04am UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/post-your-j-cat-score/16427/595 "2019-02-24T03:04:13Z")
By the way, I found [that paper](http://www.tara.tsukuba.ac.jp/~maki/reprint/Yamada/rokou14apsipa1-5.pdf) from 5 years ago where they were trying a speakin part of the test. I wonder if they will integrate it in the new version of J-cat. Looking at the results, it was pretty accurate if you have near 0 ability or if you are intermediate and above, but over generous at the beginner level. I’ll try to find more recent results. ---
**Author:** ![arsdiaboli1](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/wanikanicommunity/user_avatar/community.wanikani.com/arsdiaboli1/32/6668_2.png) [@arsdiaboli1](https://community.wanikani.com/u/arsdiaboli1)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2019, 4:22am UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/post-your-j-cat-score/16427/596 "2019-02-24T04:22:52Z")
Wew this is terrible. Not that I expected much, but still. I wonder how many of those were just lucky guesses when I had no clue what the answer was. ![30%20PM](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/wanikanicommunity/original/3X/f/d/fd2cc061716f197771d9bf585e1a97a66157f3db.png) ---
**Author:** ![seanblue](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/wanikanicommunity/user_avatar/community.wanikani.com/seanblue/32/579844_2.png) [@seanblue](https://community.wanikani.com/u/seanblue)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2019, 9:04pm UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/post-your-j-cat-score/16427/597 "2019-02-24T21:04:19Z")
All done! Like last time, I scored about what I expected overall, so that’s good! And considering I spent most of last year doing WaniKani and reading (plus some grammar reinforcement) it’s not surprising that only my grammar and reading scores went up. **Last Time (2018-03-10):** ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/wanikanicommunity/original/3X/2/0/20384db68cc5fe5a2fefce4181c3ae00c47f87e4.png) **This Time (2019-02-14):** ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/wanikanicommunity/original/3X/3/e/3eadb610eb813f804220b2133127b83c521d2b71.png) ---
**Author:** ![GustavMahler](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/wanikanicommunity/user_avatar/community.wanikani.com/gustavmahler/32/394392_2.png) [@GustavMahler](https://community.wanikani.com/u/GustavMahler)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2019, 11:30pm UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/post-your-j-cat-score/16427/598 "2019-02-24T23:30:27Z")
Just took the JCAT for the third time. Here are my previous posts about the first two times: > [@GustavMahler](#): > > 6 months ago I took the JCAT for the first time: > > CDieterle: > > > I started studying Japanese as a complete beginner on August 24th, 2017 so I took the JCAT today to check my progress after exactly 6 months: > > > > Listening 42 > > Vocabulary 34 > > Grammar 37 > > Reading 41 > > > > Total 154 > > > > It’s a higher score than I expected but I’m not sure I deserve it… I may have gotten some false positives somewhere in there by guessing answers instead of letting the timer run out (which I didn’t realize you could do until after the listening section.) > > > > Multiple choice also makes it easier to eliminate answers based on your test-taking skills rather than an actual understanding of the question. I would not classify myself as an “intermediate” Japanese learner in any way except for in my knowledge of kanji, because I spent the first 4 months or so almost exclusively working on WK. Currently, I am halfway through Genki 1 (supplemented with a Genki-based Anki deck), and I’ve dabbled lightly in Tae Kim’s stuff. I have been quite diligent, though, and I have not gone a single day without studying Japanese at least for a few minutes. Most days I spend about an hour on it. So, the limited scope of knowledge I have is thoroughly engrained. > > > > We’ll see where I’m at on August 24, 2018! > > And, here is how I fared after another 6 months of studying: > > ![Screen Shot 2018-08-24 at 2.21.00 PM.png](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/wanikanicommunity/original/3X/2/3/239994fa58104c3ce00d5840e843539902f89616.png) > > This time, I let the timer run out if I didn’t have any clue about the answer so as to not artificially inflate my score on accident. If I thought I had an idea of what was going on, I took my best guess. > > At this point, I am level 33 on WK, a few chapters into Genki 2, and I’m reviewing burned vocab items on KaniWani for EN-\>JP practice. I read a couple articles on NHK News Easy most days. > > In the next 6 months, I’m aiming to get up to level 45-50 on WK, finish Genki 2 and start on Tobira, and just keep up with KaniWani. By then I would like to be at a good conversational speaking level, and be able to read at about the level of a 4th or 5th grader. > > Overall, I’m quite happy with my results after exactly one year of learning Japanese! Glad I found WK/Tofugu early on and followed their advice. Also very pleased with the quality of this forum and the resources/motivation I have gained from it, so thanks everyone! And here are my results from the most recent (third) time: ![38%20PM](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/wanikanicommunity/original/3X/7/2/722fdbe37a23ff78efbd966703aab1d6a33dc160.png) I’m moderately pleased with the results, given that I studied less in the last 6 months than in the previous 6-month periods. Moderate increases in every category except reading, where my previous score may have been a fluke anyways. Hopefully in the next 6 months can really dig in and study more. I would like to score in the 200-250 range the next time I take this, which will be exactly two years after starting to learn Japanese. ---
**Author:** ![Kyasurin](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/wanikanicommunity/user_avatar/community.wanikani.com/kyasurin/32/71139_2.png) [@Kyasurin](https://community.wanikani.com/u/Kyasurin)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2019, 7:40am UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/post-your-j-cat-score/16427/599 "2019-02-25T07:40:13Z")
Happy dance time! I cracked 250! (Just! 😂) And my grammar score is back in the land of the living after whatever happened last time. 🎉 January 2018 ![Screenshot%20(172)](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/wanikanicommunity/original/3X/8/0/80fb83932606041df03a985b5fe9c332ad74ccd9.png) July 2018 ![Screenshot%20(173)](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/wanikanicommunity/original/3X/d/4/d4577f0bfcdbad0bfcecab56a5df1dea0bdfc6c4.png) February 2019 ![Screenshot%20(101)](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/wanikanicommunity/original/3X/7/1/719f27b6f7bbc47b06fe98a40c69cd6a371c7cca.png) ---
**Author:** ![Naphthalene](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/wanikanicommunity/user_avatar/community.wanikani.com/naphthalene/32/219185_2.png) [@Naphthalene](https://community.wanikani.com/u/Naphthalene)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2019, 8:25am UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/post-your-j-cat-score/16427/600 "2019-02-25T08:25:40Z")
Nice! We now have similar J-cat scores (And you are much better in the reading category 🙂 ) [Previous page](https://community.wanikani.com/t/post-your-j-cat-score/16427.md?page=29) [Next page](https://community.wanikani.com/t/post-your-j-cat-score/16427.md?page=31)