[ChisaChi]

That's nice of your Japanese teacher to help you out with studying ^_^ Hope you get good news about results and from JET! Although I would think that the latter would be more stressful haha.

I didn't do it this time around, but I'm thinking of trying for 3-kyuu next year to see how I go. I've been really really slack with Japanese this year and need something to push me to try harder.

Question for those who have done it - how hard is level 2 compared to 3? I don't expect to be at that level anytime soon, but as it now appears I won't be applying to JET until 2011 I'm wondering if I'll be able to learn enough Japanese by then to make it in as a CIR. Obviously it depends on how hard you work on it, but does it sound doable for someone not studying full time or spending an extended period of time in Japan?