Undergrad in Electrical Engineering started my career at a large F100 Aerospace & Defense contractor in engineering and moved into project management. After 5 years I left to join a digital manufacturing software startup as a Program Manager when I planned to stay for a bit and either

1. land a consulting role in the digital manufacturing/IoT space
2. apply for an MBA program to land a role in consulting within the digital manufacturing space

The startup ended up going bankrupt last year and I had to quickly find a new job as I was getting married and needed income. Luckily I was able to network and land at a satellite operator in their aerospace & aviation business unit as a Program Manager and ended up getting offered a nice salary. The WLB is great, and my manager is supportive, but ultimately I don't love what I do, I can't see myself staying in the company long term and it isn't where I want my career to go, which is why I'm now turning to my plan of applying to business school.

My passion and desire is to move back into the digital manufacturing space to work with companies like the big F100 defense contractors and other large manufacturing companies to leverage technology to innovate and solve manufacturing & supply chain issues. I am by no means MBB or bust, and actually, I am very interested in EY's advanced manufacturing services and Deloitte's Smart Factory practice. My long-term goal would be to be a VP of Business Development or VP of Strategy within an industrial automation/manufacturing tech company like Siemens, and I believe the post-MBA consulting experience within that space will be the right vehicle to move my career in that direction.

This is a long-winded background, looking for some help answering the following:
1. I currently make $160K ($145K base, 15K bonus target) and live in the Chicago area. Would going to Booth or Kellogg's PT programs make more sense given my current salary and the ability to use OCR at those programs? My biggest hesitancy would be the ability (or lack of) to land an internship based on my goals.

2. Bite the bullet, forego my salary, and apply to FT programs. The target schools I'm looking at are Ross, Fuqua, Johnson, Tepper, and UNC-KF based on my profile, goals, and location preferences.

I will probably end up applying to all 7 programs (Booth & Kellogg PT, other schools FT) and see what options I have (or if I get lucky with any scholarship).

Would love general feedback on my thought process and general advice.