[yummyfajitas]

tl;dr; If you are really good at math, but didn't follow the math curriculum closely, you can probably rederive most of it. I'm not sure this counts as "gaming" a test. I'd describe it as "understanding the material really well and getting a high score."

Remember, the goal of an exam is to measure if you have the knowledge. Whether you got the knowledge by studying hard in a traditional classroom setting as scheduled by a syllabus is irrelevant.

[smsm42]

It doesn't really qualify as "really good" (I'm not - I know people who are and they are way beyond what I can do, I mean light years beyond). It's just a set of basic tools about how to approach problems. Like when programming you don't have to have library function for everything - you learn to write your own functions, etc. You don't have to be able to write your own OS (though some people can) but going beyond clicking buttons in Word is not a bad idea.

Of course, I do not see it as "gaming" - I see it as learning the right way. IMHO, all learning should start with that and formula should come after - as a shortcut, which you can take but you know if needed you could do it from scratch because you understand where it comes from.