"Highly ranked, graduate business schools often admit people who were B-students in college. Getting accepted at a top-ranked business school isn’t easy. MBA admissions officers at these schools are looking for candidates who demonstrate the originality, charisma, initiative and grit necessary to become business titans.
Nevertheless, it is possible – and common – for people to get into MBA programs without having straight A’s on their college transcripts. The average undergraduate GPA among fall 2017 students at the top 20 MBA programs in the U.S. News Best Business Schools rankings was a 3.53; the average GPA at lower-ranked programs was 3.37." …