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It looks pretty sleepy but beautiful. Somewhere I'd never have heard of or visited otherwise. I think I'll really like it.

I got a fishing town with 50k people in Toyama. Not sure what kind of inaka level this is? I guess 50k isn't too bad. It's half an hour from the closest bigger city. I'm looking forward to it but...

maybe Americans are so used to not having any benefits that whatever the halved number of vacation days is would still be a step up?

Also just googled the bioluminescent squid. So creepy, I love...

yikes. Which prefecture are you in? Please not Toyama?

placements are out: I got Toyama-ken! I didn't receive a city or municipality--does this mean I'm teaching high school? Also, anyone know anything about Toyama? I didn't request it although I did...

I'm heading out in August to start as an ALT. Not sure where I'll be placed yet -- hopefully will find out next week. Any hot tips/wisdom to bestow besides "take deodorant"?

Join Date: Nov 2007 ?! Did you reapply after having done JET before? congrats to both you guys! on to the paperwork lol

Received news today that I was shortlisted too!

Congrats Rupa!! Which consulate did you apply through? Results are still not out in Canada yet, I'm hoping for Monday or Tuesday...

hi Rupa! I'm thinking we might hear back next week as that's when results were sent out last year... this wait is brutal lol.

Ahhh, nice! Did you do it early just to get it out of the way? I thought that was something to deal with after notification of results unless you applied for early departure.

This is my general philosophy haha. Just wish I had a clue where my life was going post-July. If I weren't waiting on JET, I'd probably be applying to other career-related things rn but knowing I...

Trying and failing. Advice? Disabling the auto email notification I get whenever someone replies to this thread would probably help.... haha

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Good luck! I had my interview yesterday. I found the Tofugu guide really helpful and covered basically everything I needed to know. I think it went well... I hope? I guess we'll see...

I checked out Tofugu's guide and it was really helpful! I think I've written something kind of passable but I still need to go through it again and write a final draft. I've collected almost all my...

Are any JETs around who might be willing to read my SOP and give some input? I am applying from Canada. Thanks!

How are you guys structuring your SOPs? I've been writing and rewriting this thing and it's still terrible lol I think I need to go old school and brainstorm on paper... I've been out of university...

Hi to you both!
Cranguy, how was your time in Hokkaido? What made you decide to reapply?

The Canadian app opened last week and right now I'm working towards a final draft of my personal...

Hi!
Does anyone still use this site...? Unsure, but I thought I'd throw this thread out there anyway. I like old school forums like this more than the format of Reddit.

I'm from Canada, applying...

hi! anyone around? i'm reviving this thread, i guess.
anyway, i'm from canada and will be applying for an ALT position for 2017/18. i've known about jet for a long time and have always thought about...