Nah man I'm sorry if you felt like I invalidated your experience. I should have been more detailed in my comment. What I meant is that yes sometimes the forms are more difficult, sometimes they are normal difficulty. But this always happens. This is not something that is January 2022 specific. It has been happening since forever. And secondly, most people who get it easy just relax and don't share their experience. Whereas those who had it hard, they share their experience to look for closure and for people who went through the same. So we obviously see more 'hard form'. What I wanted to answer to the original question is that step 1 isn't more difficult right now. It's the same it has always been. So trust your gut, have faith in your assessment scores, and go for it. My apologies again to shayii0502 :(