Board Thread:Episode Discussions/@comment-1251315-20150219132354/@comment-5273810-20150222041614

Elveonora wrote: In term of power, Sasuke was at least Chunin level during the exams, he didn't get promoted for lacking other qualities though, like cooperation and so on I guess. If I remember correctly they said because the exams weren't completed, people said no one should pass except for Shikamaru as he was the only one who showed enough qualities of a Chunin before it abruptly ended. Thus I have always assumed that if the exams had continued Sasuke, Naruto, and Neji would have definitely made it.