<p>Momentous means very important - not sudden ;).</p>
<p>You would have to totally emphasize that experience (hedge fund, etc.) There are a lot of other b-schools that are also good. For some reason, I’ve always found the Cornell board here pretty reticent. Don’t know why.</p>
<p>I think the university of Texas has a really good business school - ranked very high in some rankings. Just an idea. Can’t hurt to apply ED to one of your reach schools. I think being from Texas would help a little bit on the East Coast.</p>
<p>Some other schools with good b-schools - Michigan, Emory. At those schools you apply to the b-school after a year or two and it’s competitive to get in. Is money a problem? Indiana’s Kelly undergraduate business school is also in the top 10 and really easy to get into. You’d probably get money there. GW, BU. Case Western.</p>