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The drawbacks of virtual participation to graduate business education have been well analyzed, but less has been written about the benefits. One chief advance: the ease with which expertise can now be resourced.

Betsy Massar (HBS) and Pamela Jaffe (CBS), advise a Kiwi engineer, who also played for the USA’s national team in field hockey, on leveraging his all-around leadership to get into the MBA program at Harvard Business School.

This woman went to BU for undergrad and achieved a 3.5 GPA. Her post career goal is to be an International Marketing Exec. Her target schools are Kellogg, UCLA and NYU Stern.

Betsy and Pamela talk to an award-winning teacher and chair of the music department at a large public high school with super-differentiated leadership and a stellar GPA

Two smart women give you straight talk on your profile and how to get admitted. Betsy from HBS and Pamela from CBS tell it like it is on all things MBA admissions.

Betsy Massar, founder and CEO of Master Admissions MBA Consulting says, “I recommend students attend as many school-sponsored events as they can, whether in person or virtually. I encourage students to pay attention to how the school is marketing to them: where is the school trying to connect on values? Where are you and the school and its representatives, as well as current students, alumni, and faculty aligned?”

While both degrees can boost your career in finance, the MBA offers more flexibility if you decide to use your finance degree to immediately work in another function within a company, consulting firm, and even in a financial institution.

“The choice to select an MBA consultant can be a big one, and I am so glad to have found Betsy. I was not looking forward to the introspection, and I was daunted by the process of distilling myself into the essays. Fortunately, I received personal attention from Betsy and felt like I was able to create a real relationship. Because of this she was able to better guide me and help me push through the hard work.