Got an email today at 2pm (5pm EST) that said:

“Dear JET Program Applicant:

It is our great pleasure to inform you that you have successfully passed the 2nd stage screening process for the 2009 JET Program year and are now on the final short-list of ALT candidates. You have been scheduled for placement in a Contracting Organization, which is possible in almost all cases.

(yada yada about the next steps)

Congratulations on your qualification to receive placement on the JET Program….”

This means that after I submit the documents (11 in all, perhaps) that I’m pretty much guaranteed a J.O.B. as a JAPANESE ENGLISH TEACHER in JAPAN!

W000000000000000000T!

~J