<p>i am a freshman in college right now, but back in highschool i didn't do too well on the sat i. buying prep books and studying months before didn't improve my scores as much as i had hope for either.</p>
<p>however, i scored extremely high on the sat ii subject placement tests. i deduced that it was because those tests were subject specific (us history, chemistry, biology, world history etc.) and because of that, i had a chance to actually "learn" material rather than learning "how to take a test."</p>
<p>main question: is the gmat exam like the sat i in that it a "test" about taking a test? is it inherently deceiving and tricky? the prep books for the sat i only taught me test taking tricks to be successful that didn't improve my score that much. are gmat prep books like that too?</p>