Author Archive | 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.

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How to Study for the GRE: One Month GRE Test Prep

By Mike MᶜGarry on October 3, 2022 in GRE Study Schedules

Wondering how to study for the GRE in a month? Magoosh has the study plan you need to get ready for the GRE in a short period of time.

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GRE Geometry Formulas

By Mike MᶜGarry on December 7, 2020 , UPDATED ON February 17, 2021, in GRE Geometry, GRE Math

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 […]

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90 Day GRE Study Plan for Advanced Students

By Mike MᶜGarry on November 1, 2020 , UPDATED ON August 30, 2021, in GRE Study Schedules

This 90 day study plan will help advanced students master the test and push their scores even higher!

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6 Month GRE Study Plan for Math Beginners

By Mike MᶜGarry on October 18, 2020 , UPDATED ON August 30, 2021, in GRE Study Schedules

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!

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90 Day GRE Study Plan for Beginners

By Mike MᶜGarry on September 30, 2020 , UPDATED ON August 30, 2021, in GRE Study Schedules

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!

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Positive and Negative Square Roots on the GRE

By Mike MᶜGarry on September 7, 2016 , UPDATED ON January 9, 2019, in GRE Math

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 […]

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Diagonals of a Polygon in GRE Geometry

By Mike MᶜGarry on September 7, 2016 , UPDATED ON April 28, 2017, in GRE Geometry, GRE Math

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 […]

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GRE Data Interpretation Practice Questions

By Mike MᶜGarry on August 25, 2016 , UPDATED ON July 16, 2019, in GRE Math, GRE Math Practice

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 […]

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How to Round to the Nearest Integer | GRE Math

By Mike MᶜGarry on July 27, 2016 , UPDATED ON April 20, 2019, in GRE Math, GRE Math Tips

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 […]

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Adapting the GRE Study Schedules to Your Needs

By Mike MᶜGarry on November 9, 2015 , UPDATED ON November 26, 2017, in GRE Study Schedules

Magoosh publishes GRE study schedules to help folks in various situations study for the GRE. We have plans for 1-month, 3-months, and 6-months. Three months is a good solid chunk of time to study for the GRE, an interval that many students use, so we have four different three-month plans to focus on the needs […]

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