I guess that the reason I am thinking the way I am is that analogies used to play a prominent part on the SAT back when it was a reasonable proxy for ability. While it does still have a big focus on vocab on the critical reading portion, analogies really aren't so much a part of it anymore. Vocab can be picked up through reading a lot and other exposure and, once the big analogy section was removed, the test was no longer considered to be so much an aptitude tests as an achievement test. For instance, Mensa no longer takes it as an IQ proxy and the acronym SAT no longer stands for "scholastic aptitude test."
