Everyone in my Latin America class seems to be super knowledgeable. I'd have to read every single word of the Financial Times, The Economist, The Wall Street journal and all the national publications every day in order to come up with their combined answers.

Who can remember by heart, within half a second the GDP per capita in a remote province of Brazil two years ago? Who can remember the exchange rate of one of these currencies in July 1987 to the cent?

I am investigating the possible causes for such distortion

- they have swallowed an encyclopedia for breakfast and dine on its regular updates
- they have a spy-like ear device and someone at the other end of the line with a microphone, is reading out to them the Americas column from the Financial Times.
- they all have worked for the World Bank but only of them is admitting it
- someone asked them this very question the day before during a Trivial Pursuit game
- they are the Matrix

Maybe, they are just normal INSEAD students. Whatever story you bring to INSEAD, you will find people with a story that is even more extraordinary, with a breadth of knowledge that extends beyond yours in certain areas.
And that could well be why you'd go to business school.