Mr. Truth

You would bring powerful and highly valuable experience in a hot growth area–electric vehicles–to an MBA classroom. Your role as project manager is relevant as well because it means you have leadership experience on a global scale. But here’s the problem: Your 670 GMAT and your 3.2 GPA will raise red flags at INSEAD where professors have a role in admissions. You will be competing against candidates with 700 plus GMAT scores and 3.8 GPAs and they may not have the compelling work experience you have but those academic scores are likely be impress faculty more. The tough love advice for you is to get that GMAT score up, particularly because you need it to offset a below-average GPA for the MBA programs you are targeting. I think a 700 GMAT could make a real big difference for you at INSEAD. I do think you’ll get an admit or two from the schools on your list, though I also would recommend adding a couple more schools.