@respacings: I agree with your thoughts expressed in post #20 above. An MBA program will be much more beneficial to one with a few years of post undergraduate work experience.
Consulting firms often hire non-business majors with the expectation that such hires will pursue an MBA degree after about three years of consulting work experience.
Colgate University may be of interest to you. Also, you might get some merit scholarship money from St. Lawrence University which encourages econ majors to study abroad & learn a second language.