I applied to many schools during this year's admissions process and only got one acceptance. While this school is not that bad, it was my last choice and my safety school. I was optimistic that I could get into much better programs but I didn't. With that being said, this is my first year applying and I am very young compared to other people who go for their PhDs. I just got out of a Master's last summer and felt very rushed in the application process, which was occurring simultaneously with an extensive job hunt. Throughout this application process, I learned a lot and discovered a lot of mistakes that I made. I'm wondering whether I should go to the place that accepted me or try again and fix the mistakes that I've made. This offer from the place I got into is very competitive, but it just doesn't feel right and I am not very happy with the prospect of going there for multiple personal reasons (for example, it's very far away from home and not in an ideal location). However, I know that if I do end up going there, I will likely feel different and enjoy it there because the program itself is great (although there are no guarantees because everything besides the program itself is not ideal). I need some suggestions on which decision to make: should I stay or should I go? To go or not to go? (Sorry - I just had to put that in there). Basically, I just want to know whether I should go anyways even though I have a lot of doubts or go through the application process again now that I know more even though the applying and waiting game is painful as well. Any help would be greatly appreciated!
Edit: There's also the option of deferring my acceptance to Fall 2018 but I'm not sure if I would be allowed to do that and whether that would mean that I would lose any funding that they've offered to me.