Let me make my pitch for Rollins since I have a son who was fortunate enough to win several Rollins scholarships, graduate with Rollins Honors Degree, is now 2 1/2 years out and is doing great professionally. I will say at the outset I am biased because of the great experience my son had there.
I think the school does an outstanding job with motivated students. Is it a party school? I think so, but that is true of many schools including the Ivies that a lot of my family attended. In my opinion, if anything the administration and the Winter Park Police dept can be overly strict with the Rollins Students in an effort to suppress the party reputation. There are alcohol and drug issues at almost all major colleges and universities. That being said some Rollins kids get caught up in the partying, do not pay attention to their studies, and are not there long. Whether the individual student chooses to get caught up in that behavior in my opinion depends on the character of the individual student, those opportunities are going to be there at most colleges and universities.
My son was fortunate enough to graduate magna cum laude with an honors degree, play a varsity sport and participate in a fraternity (which he never intended to do.) While there are many very wealthy kids at Rollins my son for the most part was not part of that group. He made all kinds of friends frat brothers, artsy folks, jocks and some very engaged, very serious academic students, several of whom are Fulbright Scholars. Many of his friends never could afforded to attend Rollins but for the many academic scholarships the school awards. He was fortunate to do some graduate work in Finance at an outstanding major university graduate program with a partial scholarship. He was well prepared for that program by his time at Rollins. He is now a 25 yr old young adult well situated in a job he enjoys, working very hard and making very serious money without any student debt because of his Rollins scholarships. He had a great time at Rollins academically, socially and athletically. He initially was going to pursue the law but because of the well rounded education at Rollins embarked on another path. He loved the small, rigorous classes, some of which had as few as 5 students. The only knock he had on the school was that by the end of 3 years or so he was ready to move on because of the small size of the school (I have a nephew who attended Bates that had those same feelings.) He loved the school and now donates both his time and money and returns for alumni weekend as often as his work permits.
In hindsight I could not be happier with his decision to attend Rollins. At the time he chose Rollins I was not so sure of his decision because he was turning down some outstanding schools with major name recognition to accept his scholarships from Rollins. Your daughter is obviously an outstanding student, I will tell you if she seeks out the opportunities Rollins affords, she will have tremendous academic, community engagement and social opportunities. The academic mentoring at Rollins was second to none, Should she so choose, the faculty will work hard to help her secure post graduate positions or professional school opportunities. She will be well prepared for law school by Rollins should she choose to embark on that path as most of the Rollins classes and exams are writing intensive and not graded by computer as in the case of large universities.
I attended college and law school at night and only wish I had the academic gifts that our children have that would have afforded me the opportunity to spend 4 years in a beautiful place, have the great academic, community engagement and social social experience that Rollins afforded my son because of his scholarships.
Good Luck to your daughter, it is a very exciting time.