Darden / Carey / McDonough for Tech Consulting/Tech Strat - Thoughts on best fit?

Apologies ahead of time for length, but I want to provide as much context as possible here.

Background: Spent three years working in tech while in undergrad because I attended during the Covid years. Got great experience building enterprise platforms, customer-facing, technical, data, and strategic skills in high-growth startup environments.

Given my collective professional and educational experiences, I had the option to pursue undergrad recruiting opportunities and experienced hire opportunities. After talking to experienced hires, however, it became clear that it would make a lot more sense to set my ego aside and develop a foundation at the Analyst level. Seems some firms throw experienced hires to the wolves compared to their post-UG/MBA pipelines.

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Scenario: Now that I've built that foundation, I'm exploring opportunities to pursue an MBA. The catch-22 here is my firm (ACN) only offers a fully covered 2+2 MBA scholarship program to people with at least two years at the consultant level within their strategy group. So, while still a plausible option, it relies on a series of unknowns that I have less control over.

My alternative (and much more realistic option) is to continue working at my current level, pursue an MBA outside of the 2+2 MBA program, and then enter the MBA candidate pipeline once I finish, which would set me up to jump from Analyst to Sr. Consultant upon completion--eliminating about a year and a half of work without cutting out my ability to earn income also while eventually increasing my income by $100k+. Walked through this with my group executive today, and he said it makes sense given my experience and desired outcome. He even recommended it because he anticipates that we'll be ramping up/expanding our MBA hiring.

The caveat is that I wouldn't be able to take time off to pursue this program (nor do I want to; this is primarily based on accelerating income potential and ability to align to a practice area sooner), so I've focused my options on the programs that provide opportunities for full-time, experienced workers here in DC.

Ask: So far, I've narrowed that down to Darden (UVA), Carey (Johns Hopkins), and McDonough (Georgetown) -- not necessarily at the very top, but certainly still reputable. So, far these programs seem like the best fit for my situation, location (they all have campuses here in metro-area DC where I live), and for standing out to the point of receiving aid.

I would appreciate any input regarding:

• Which school might make the most sense for aligning with tech strategy & advisory work.
• Which of the three might offer more post-MBA optionality?
  • Think GTM/Growth for tech CVC (like a BCG Digital Ventures), Product Management, S&O at a tech company, and internal tech groups.
• Which (in your opinion) might be most likely to provide financial aid based on my background?
  • UG stats are: 
    • 3.88 GPA in a STEM field at a target school (Data Analytics with additional education in Data Science, ML/AI)
    • 3 YOE direct business experience in emerging tech + tech mgmt consulting experience
    • Thousands of hours of extracurriculars, including a few seasons of wildland firefighting
      • Also did two AmeriCorps NCCC terms
    • Independent nonprofit data consulting experience + acted as a nonprofit advisory resource to an F500 telecom looking to engage local gov/np/community leaders (2 YOE @ 15ish hours/mo part-time while working in tech full-time)

Thanks!