Do you have to list undergrad GPA on Bain app?

Hi, I have a fairly impressive overall candidate profile, but my undergrad gpa in engineering from a non-target school is very low (2.9) - I have a 3.3 gpa from a top tier business school. Do I have to list either or could I just list the business school gpa for my mba?

The application has a mandatory field for the gpa and asks you to provide it if your school allows. I just feel like I could explain it away better in-person vs. online and don't want to be auto-filtered out.

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