So I’m level 6. I want to to take the JLPT in July. I thought about starting at N5 and going up but I found out I can do any of the tests. Which one do you guys suggest I take? I’m planning on starting on Genki soon as well to help me towards it.
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Probably N5.
You can check your level here:
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You should go for N1, I’m sure it’ll be a breeze for you. 
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Thanks. Right now I cant even read the questions on the n5 
. Ill sign up for n5 and work towards it.
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Of course. I can breeze through it.
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Completing Genki 1 should put you on track for the N5 test. If you do one chapter per week, you will finish by June! Check out Tokini Andy’s Genki playlist on Youtube as a supplement, and make sure to practice the Genki vocabulary. Have fun with your studies!
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If you want to take the test, I’d say N5 is probably the one you’d be best prepared for. I would just caution that unlike some nameless people who are typing this post to you now who actually knew this and still didn’t listen to his own advice (uh, I mean, the nameless person’s own advice!), just consider the JLPT as a sort of benchmark of where you are, and unless you’re taking it for a reason where the result actually really matters (e.g., N2 to qualify for specific jobs, etc), don’t adjust your study habits to prioritize the test over what will help you learn the language best for the things you want to learn it for. And it’s also okay to fail (as nameless person at least understood going into it), I don’t remember the stats for N5 specifically but I think for most if not all levels more people fail than pass.
With that said, hopefully the test is a great benchmark for you and obviously I hope you pass rather than fail, but even more I hope you continue to learn the language and accomplish your true goals!
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I have been starting on Genki and I realize what you mean. Trying to complete a lesson a week like soggyboy suggested but it’s too overwhelming and I feel like I’m rushing to much. I’m going to slow down and try to do a lesson every two weeks. I work in IT and do want to move to Japan So I will need an N2 qualification but I won’t rush. I think Ill still go for the test though. 
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One of the most inspiring people here, Malinkal wrote something like: aim for a consistent baseline and high peaks: in other words, have a baseline of activity you can do day in day out no matter what, and then have additional things you can do if you have a spare hour or whatever that day (peaks).
So… maybe doing Genki at a pace of a chapter per x weeks works for you, but life happens and Malinkal’s advice helps us to avoid being one of those (many) people who try so rigidly to ‘keep up’ to an unrealistic expectation of themsevles that they burn out / give up and don’t come back to the language for 5-10 years.
Have fun! see you around, it sounds like you have interesting goals with the language and life 
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