Did I screw up on my choice of MSF? Aiming for IB in either Boston or NYC

I can't help but to second guess my decision. I feel like I royally f*cked up.

I'm coming from a top 20 school on the West Coast (think UC Berkeley, Stanford) but want to get back East. I have family in both Boston and NYC and my goal is to get into banking as an analyst.

I graduated about 2 years ago and have been working at a big public accounting firm (GT, BDO, etc..not big 4) and have my CPA license. I applied to many MSF programs and got into all of them, including: Georgetown, Villanova, Vanderbilt, BC, USC.

I chose Villanova because they gave me a full-ride + a research fellowship, so I'd get paid to get my degree. However, I feel like I f*cked up my year and though I won't have debt, my options coming from Nova will be severely limited as compared to Vanderbilt, Georgetown, or USC. Especially if I want to go to Boston.

Did I make the wrong decision simply to save myself money and prevent student debt? Is there a way to still get BB banking in NYC (or banking in Boston in general) coming from Villanova? The alum on linkedin don't look as promising as from the other schools...

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