Took my second JLPT mock exam yesterday. 10 point improvement from the first one. Comfortable margins above the minimums in all three sections, which is huge.

It's kinda wild that I still need to improve my reading/answering speed by 30 minutes or so to not run out of time but I'm still somehow well into passing territory. I guess that's just how it works when 90/180 is a passing score, lol. Also speaks to my strength in reading comp--it's by far my strongest section...other than the speed issue. Test-taking strategy alone is doing a lot for me. I know exactly what passages to skip and return to if I have time.

Going to do three more full weeks of reading practice and then a gradual taper before exam day. It's kinda crazy to think about actually having time to do things 😅 Between studying for the JLPT and job search, I've put in an insane amount of hours for more than half a year now.