[Nyororin]

I`ll step in and say it may not be meaningless.
There are many university Japanese courses that recognize the JLPT for class placement. I don`t know about where the OP is planning to go, but there is a chance that it may translate into university course credits or into being placed in a higher class at the start.

We have to remember that they are wanting to take the test prior to university, and not for employment.