@1Dreamer Thank you so much! Brown was the dream for years, but $200,000 in debt from undergrad definitely was not the dream 
I suppose it’s easier to view other peoples’ experiences more objectively than my own, so it looks like it’s time to start taking my own advice (especially that last point - how could I forget I wrote that!). Also, I know there’s going to be so many amazing people just like all the others I’ve had the privilege to meet this year no matter where I go, and that’s what makes me really, really excited.
Now it’s time to blow my college fund on some Longhorn shirts