Great points! I have looked into these three schools, I would run into the same shadowing difficulties as I am now (even more so in Orono Maine lol) . One of my biggest things is getting into a place I wont face these struggles, and will easily be able to find opportunities to get shadowing, patient interaction, etc.
As you mentioned, yes, as of now, cost isn’t my biggest issue. I feel very, very fortunate and thankful that this is the case and didn’t want to come off in a negative way by flat out saying that.