[KyleGoetz]

In my opinion, being JLPT2, JLPT2 is insufficient for being in a Japanese university studying in Japanese. Not being JLPT1, I can't speak about the value of getting JLPT1, but just being at JLPT2 is insufficient IMHO.

Being somewhere between JLPT2 and JLPT1 may be sufficient, but being just barely at JLPT2-level is not.

About the time I passed JLPT2, I attended a high school history class and couldn't understand half of what the prof was talking about. Granted, it was probably a lot of Nobunagas and Battle at [Japanese place name], but still, I don't think being a just-passed JLPT2er is sufficient from a practical standpoint.