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Given the programs and schools your choice came down to, the choice you made does not seem innately superior to the others. However, none of the others seem innately superior to the one you made. Honestly, all of those schools have the resources you need to succeed, assuming you are willing to work for that academic success. There is enough there for you to go as far as you are willing to work for.
Honestly, a great honors college at a good school in the cultural capital of the world with free tuition sounds pretty damn good to me.
You could have appealed financial aid packages, but unless there were some glaring deficiencies or radical new circumstances, there would likely only have been minor changes, if any. Ultimately, college prestige is not something worth shouldering a financial burden for.
I can't tell you if you made the right choice, but you did make a good choice, which I suspect was the right one for you. Good luck at college, you'll likely come to love it.
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