Yeah thats how I felt about the test, I didn't think it was difficult, I just thought it was tricky in the sense you had to accurate match the question to the right information in the passage. Everyone said the BS was hard but I thought it was OK. The verbal was hard but I expected it to be and had to guess on the Liberalism passage...
I mean many say this test is a bout luck and I completely disagree. It is about how well you can think under pressure, its a mental marathon.
Think about it, you are doing a C/S and there happens to be complications. You can't go back to your office and consort meidcal books, you are operating and must make decisions quickly. You have to think on your feet, go over multiple scenarios and pick the best one. You don't have time to dwell on each decision, you have to go quickly in order to save as much of the patient's well being as you can. Patient begins bleeding profusely. Your previous plan is out the window. You delivered but now you must focus on saving the patient's uterus. You may be doing this surgery for 5+ hours. Sound familiar? Being a doctor requires you to have the mental strength of the MCATS. It is a measure of how well you can perform under pressure, how well your use your logic, and how you can get to the best solution the quickest.
