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Author: Mike MᶜGarry

Mike MᶜGarry
Mike served as a GMAT Expert at Magoosh, helping create hundreds of lesson videos and practice questions to help guide GMAT students to success. He was also featured as “member of the month” for over two years at GMAT Club. Mike holds an A.B. in Physics (graduating magna cum laude) and an M.T.S. in Religions of the World, both from Harvard. Beyond standardized testing, Mike has over 20 years of both private and public high school teaching experience specializing in math and physics. In his free time, Mike likes smashing foosballs into orbit, and despite having no obvious cranial deficiency, he insists on rooting for the NY Mets. Learn more about the GMAT through Mike’s Youtube video explanations and resources like What is a Good GMAT Score? and the GMAT Diagnostic Test.

  • 1-Month Study Schedule for the GMAT

    1-Month Study Schedule for the GMAT

    Preparing for the GMAT in a month? Magoosh’s expert has a GMAT study plan, 1 month version, to help get you the score you need!

  • What Is a Good GMAT Score? (2025)

    What Is a Good GMAT Score? (2025)

    The GMAT is scored from 200 to 800. Two-thirds of students score between 400 and 600 on the exam. According to GMAC, the mean GMAT score is 551.94. But what does that mean for you?

  • GMAT Percentiles (2025)

    GMAT Percentiles (2025)

    GMAT percentiles are a measure of how well you performed on the exam compared to other test takers. For example, if you scored in the the 80th percentile, that means you scored better than 80% of test takers—and only 20% scored higher than you. A percentile is not just a reflection of your performance but…

  • GMAT Score Chart (2025)

    GMAT Score Chart (2025)

    A GMAT score chart helps you visualize how your total score changes depending on your performance in each individual section of the exam. For the legacy version of the GMAT (2023 and earlier), your overall score was determined solely by your Quantitative and Verbal scores. These two sections were plotted on the x-axis and y-axis…