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author: mike mᶜgarry

mike mᶜgarry
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.

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    so you’ve bought a few of the major test prep books, and you’re ready to rip into the quantitative part. you’ll read through each book, page by page, and by the end, gre math mastery will be yours. if only! studying for gre quant is actually much more complicated than the above. indeed many become…

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