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Author Archive | Mike MᶜGarry
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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.

Adapting the GRE Study Schedules to Your Needs
Magoosh has GRE study schedules tailored to different time lengths because prospective graduate students have diverse needs. Our schedules cover 1-month, 3-month, and 6-months of study. The three-month plan is usually popular for GRE preparation, and as such, we have developed four distinct variants that cater to a variety of different needs for students. We […]

GRE Geometry Formulas
Perhaps you recall with more than a little dread your high school geometry class: fifteen-step proofs and the law of cosines were two things you were certain you’d never see again. Well, if you are taking the GRE, you were by no means mistaken—proofs and indeed all of trig are nowhere to be found on […]

90 Day GRE Study Plan for Advanced Students
This 90 day study plan will help advanced students master the test and push their scores even higher!

6 Month GRE Study Plan for Math Beginners
Need a GRE study plan (6 months), but concerned about math? This GRE study plan: 6 months will help math beginners master all GRE sections!

90 Day GRE Study Plan for Beginners
Need a 90 day GRE study plan? Magoosh’s experts have you covered! Check out everything you need to know to prep for the GRE in 3 months!

Positive and Negative Square Roots on the GRE
Some questions to start: Can a square root be negative? Yes, there is such a thing as a negative square root. How would you deal with negative roots on the GRE? This question is actually fairly complicated, because it depends on how the GRE words the question. Let’s start with some GRE math practice problems […]

Diagonals of a Polygon in GRE Geometry
Students love to skip over the basics, asking questions like: How many vertices does an octagon have? How many diagonals does an octagon have? What’s the difference between a regular octagon and, well, an octagon? And GRE geometry does delve into some complex polygon math. But before we get to that, I will begin with […]

GRE Data Interpretation Practice Questions
On GRE test day, you will have two Quant sections, each of which will include a data interpretation set. If you’re not sure what this entails or you just want to get some GRE math practice in, keep reading for our breakdown and practice problems. Data Interpretation on the GRE Quant Each Quant section will […]

How to Round to the Nearest Integer | GRE Math
What does it mean to round a number? Rounding means to make a number shorter or simpler, but keeping it as close in value as possible to the original number. Let’s take a closer look in this edition of GRE Math Tips. Rounding to the Nearest Integer The most common type of rounding is to […]