I also took the mock N2 today, because I was considering taking the mock N1 tomorrow depending on how I felt.
I’m learning the language just for fun, the test is canceled in my area for all of 2021, and I haven’t really been studying (just reading – I was doing New Kanzen but only actually juuuust got to N2 speaking before getting distracted by books…), so this was pretty much the lowest stakes a mock exam could possibly be, but somehow it still felt kind of nerve-wracking!
Results
Assuming I tracked and calculated everything right… with the weighting provided above,
- vocab: 23 / 32 (71%) → 19.5
- grammar: 20 / 22 (90%) → 30
- reading: 18 / 21 (85%) → 50
- listening: 25 / 31 (80%) → 48.5
for a total of 86 / 106 (81%) → 148.5 / 180
(whoops initially I way overcounted the number of vocab questions. Might be fixed? I dunno how to count the double listening question)
So at 49.5, 50, 48.5, the weighted section scores are surprisingly consistent, although the weighting seems like it went in my favor (fingers crossed that’s true in the real thing too I guess).
I wouldn’t have expected to do so well at grammar compared to vocabulary, but I guess vocab is where all the “here’s 4 words that all mean X, which would you use in this situation” questions are that are most difficult for me who doesn’t produce anything and still drills vocab in JP->EN…
Very happy with the reading and grammar scores, and I honestly don’t even know where the listening came from but I guess I do have some OK auditory comprehension after all!
Also I feel like I woulda gotten that nasty 象徴 question if the quality of my printouts was better
… I did good I think!
It didn’t feel so easy that anything was trivial, and there weren’t that many questions where I felt like my answer was definitively correct, but on the other hand, there weren’t any questions that felt like a total shot in the dark.
So all on all I feel like that’s good support for the “I think I’d have a shot at the N2” hypothesis. I guess the goal would be to just make sure I progress instead of regressing in the next year!
I might still take the mock N1 this weekend too, because I’m super curious to compare the two now, but this was long and strenuous so maybe not tomorrow… I guess I’ll see.
P.S. @NathaLire Thanks for setting this up!
I think the N2 scoring has the listed weights off a little in the Reading section - the point totals are correct but 5 * 4 isn’t 10 so I had to shuffle the weights around a little (if I’m reading it correctly)