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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.

  • big ideas of sat coordinate geometry

    this is mike mcgarry, magoosh’s gmat expert. as you may know, the gmat is the entrance exam for business school. believe or not, folks studying to be the business leaders of tomorrow don’t necessarily know any more math that you do! you see, some folks get to the end of whatever their last required math…

  • sat video friday – mr. right triangle

    always pay attention to the level of difficulty of a question, which you can figure out based on how close to the end of the section a question is. if it is just seems way too easy, it might very well be a trap. so watch out for the first thing that jumps out at…

  • great scholarship advice for the b student

    what if you’re not a straight-a student? can you still earn scholarships to pay for your dream school? lynn o’shaughnessy of thecollegesolution.com says “definitely!” and explains how to do it. if you’re a “b” student, you may have more options than you might assume. don’t believe me? here is a story of a young woman…