Yeah, pretty much. I don't feel like a better college would substantially improve my life-choice decision making, but I'm pretty sure that it would have a big influence over what life-choices I notice myself as having, can follow through on, or have available to me.

$150k is $50k less, which is probably a year or so of post-graduation income, so its pretty significant. Thanks for the advice.

Writing improvement could probably be done over the internet.

And if I fail at finding those professors, I could probably convince one of my English teachers to hang out with me after I graduate.