Thank you ! This will get in handy!
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US Test Takers:
December exam registration opens for N5 either on Tuesday (Aug 20) or Wednesday (Aug 21) depending on your location: AATJ United States JLPT Registration
Good luck!!
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REGISTERED! New York
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Good luck with your test.
I have taken the JLPT at the Lehman College test site in New York, and I know that the available slots fill up quickly, so it’s good that you were able to make the reservation.
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Just registered!! Wasn’t sure if I was gonna commit or not but after doing pretty well on the reading/grammar/vocab part of a practice test, I decided to full send. I reeeally need to focus on listening and if I can get that up to par, I think I have good odds of passing 
Having to drive 3 hours to the test site is unfortunate but I’m sure there are others with longer travel times
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Registered for NYC! Now it’s time to cram listening practice for the next three months. And, depending on how small the print in the test booklet is, get a stronger pair of reading glasses. 
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Thanks! I had no idea how quickly it fills up, and mass transit there is easier than getting to Seton Hall so I made sure to register the second it opened.
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Good to see a bunch of NYC-area WK users.
(I’m in Connecticut)
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Passed N5. I have studied at Kumon for almost an year, duolingo, and I was WaniKani lvl5 or 6 when I took the test. Now, I am lvl 9 and will take N4 next year.
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Just registered for N5 in December '24. I hesitated whether I should go for N5 or N4. I’m midway through N4 grammar on Bunpro, lvl 23 on Wanikani and I am not finding N4 exercises and tests all that hard, but I decided to play it safe for now. This will be my first JLPT experience, so I decided to test the waters. 
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I’m in roughly the same boat. I registered for N4 though, since the JLPT is only held in December in my area and I’d rather not wait a year for N4 after N5. A part of me wishes I had not overestimated my skills and instead picked N5 for my first JLPT though… 
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Yeah, it’s easier for me to start slow, as we have two sessions per year here, so I told myself that if I do well in December, I might go for N4 in July instead of waiting a full year.
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I think you will be fine, look for the link I posted. For me the hardest part was the Listening. The grammar and audio sometimes are a little bit tricky. But I was level 5 or 6 when I took it and kanjis were easy.
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So what’s everyone’s study plan for the N5? Next week I’m starting an N5 class and a class that will be reviewing Genki 1 grammar.
I picked up Nihongo So Matome: JLPT N5 also, but I haven’t cracked it open yet. It says it just takes six weeks to work through, so hoping to start on that this week.
Like most people seem to be, I’m most worried about listening. Thanks to WK and Anki I really have zero concerns about kanji and vocab, and by extension that means the reading isn’t going to be a big problem either. Really just need to find a better way to work on my listening skills on a more regular basis.
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So what’s everyone’s study plan for the N5?
At this point, running through lots of practice questions (most on Migii) and lots of listening practice. Past the pure kanji recognition sections, I’m finding my Wanikani studies have been a double-edged sword for me. Since it’s N5, a lot of vocab I’m totally used to seeing as kanji is being written out in kana here, and it’s caught me flat-footed more than once.
Only thing to do about it is even more practice, I guess. 
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OMG I feel you on the kana for things I know in kanji issue for sure.
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