<p>If you want to get personal attention from profs and intro bio and chem classes that aren’t weeders for pre-meds, then go to a LAC. S is at Grinnell, which has wonderful, state-of-the-art science (and other) facilities, and loves his profs. He routinely drops in to visit (I don’t think the concept of ‘office hours’ even exists, since he seems to be able to find them whenever he has a question.) Grinnell takes special pride in the fact that no class, even an intro science class, is larger than 25 students-but I know all the top LACs are focused on undergraduate education and none of them use TAs because there are no graduate programs.</p>