People who have taken JLPT 3..

[ハイド]

What would you recommend studying? I study Japanese at an independent Japanese school, and my teacher says that level four would be too easy and a waste of my money. Therefore I've registered for 3. The practice sites I've been to haven't been that bad at all, but I'm still feeling like I'm taking a shot in the dark as to what I should be studying. Any recommendations from people who have taken it already?

[Kakads]

This book is very useful for the grammar portion of the exam:
http://www.thejapanshop.com/product.php ... 267&page=1

I highly recommend it.

[clay]

And if you haven't taken the test before, you may want to pick up last years test (http://www.thejapanshop.com/product.php?productid=17628) or the compilation book from 2004-2006 (http://www.thejapanshop.com/product.php?productid=17403). You may not need it, but it would be very helpful for you to get a feel for the actual test--especially if you take the test within the actual test's time limits.

[katafei]

viewtopic.php?f=9&t=7580

Maybe this thread of the 2007 JLPT3 group will help you a bit (or confuse you terribly )
I don't know which sites you have found already, but these might come in handy as well:

http://www.jgram.org/pages/viewList.php?lv=3
http://www.e-japanese.jp/grammar.htm
http://www.kanjistep.com/en/online/week ... ment3.html (pop-up)

http://www.asahi-net.or.jp/~ik2r-myr/kanji/kanji1pa.htm
http://jlptstudy.com/

and last but not least:
http://www.tinhos.com/countdown.html

[Pork Chop]

i found the unicom book to be the single most beneficial resource to me when i was studying.