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  • 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.

Mike MᶜGarry

GMAT Geometry Practice Problems

By on April 16, 2020 in GMAT Geometry

GMAT Geometry problems test your spatial reasoning ability. Can you look at a diagram of points, lines, and/or circles and extract the essential details that lead to a correct answer? If you answered no, well, have no fear! After reading this post, learning the fundamental geometry formulas, and working through these practice geometry questions, you […]

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GMAT Circles: An Introduction

By on April 9, 2020 in GMAT Geometry

Are you prepping for GMAT geometry questions? Feeling confused or in need of a refresher on circles? Read on to get a rundown of GMAT circles terminology, concepts, and practice questions.   Table of Contents Basic Circle Terminology Chords Circle Formulas Circles and Angles + Arcs and Arclengths GMAT Circles Practice Questions   GMAT Circles: […]

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3 Month GMAT Study Schedule (Math Focused)

By on March 30, 2020 , UPDATED ON January 4, 2021, in GMAT Study Guides

If your GMAT test date is coming up soon and you’re worried about the Quantitative section, it’s time to stop worrying and start preparing! In this GMAT quant study plan (3 months), we’ve put together everything you need to turn math from a weakness into a strength. In this plan, we’ll go over how to […]

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GMAT Diagnostic Test

By on January 10, 2020 , UPDATED ON July 21, 2021, in GMAT Practice Tests

Welcome to our GMAT Quiz page! Curious about where you would stack up compared to others taking the GMAT test? Take our Diagnostic GMAT exam here to get a sense of your current GMAT scores in Verbal and Quant. These free GMAT diagnostic tests are designed to gauge your skills on the GMAT exam. Answer explanations and a […]

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Common GMAT Math Mistakes

By on January 10, 2020 , UPDATED ON March 2, 2021, in GMAT Math

Learn the cluster of the most common GMAT math mistakes, mistakes that the exam regularly exploits so you can avoid these pitfalls.   Pattern-Matching, Good and Bad The human brain is, far and away, the best pattern-matching machine we have ever seen. No computer comes close. We match patterns for all kinds of things: facial […]

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