Anyone Else have this Problem?

[Shjanzey]

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[Goro]

1) Occam's razor is very useful
2) ALWAYS go with your gut instinct.
3) Do NOT second-guess yourself.
4) Test taking is a skill; so the more practice you get, the better you'll be.
5) If you're still in school or have access, seek out the learning specialists. They can help you with #4
6) if you have trouble with standardized tests, and 1-5 can't be fixed, medical school is not for you. We're addicted to standardized tests.

I have been dutifully studying for the MCAT and have felt very good, but now I am running into an issue I don't quite know how to resolve.

After running through many different passages, some of the answers have a convoluted reasoning for arriving at a not so obvious answer. Somehow this has stuck with my subconscious and I am now making up convoluted excuses to ignore the obvious answers. Now when I read the explanations I am struck with the thought, "So it was the obvious one after all."

On the positive, it usually comes down to two answers that I am unsure of...but the negative is I usually choose incorrectly after that point. How do I perceived between the trick questions and the obvious questions? This is really driving me crazy, and I feel like a fool right now.

 

[JacksonsDad]

Know the material well enough to know the answer before you read the options, then you just find the option that most closely fits what you already reasoned out.