<p>Any good LAC or small colleges that are good for sciences (bio/chem)??? I'm thinking about going into veterinary medicine, so I need a school with strong sciences, but don't want an enormous school with huge classes all taught by TAs... Also, is it best to go to a school with a vet school for prevet? or are all prevet programs alike?
Advice?</p>
<p>gpa: 4.0 unweighted, 4.3 weighted
act: 32
aps: us history, chem, psych, comp, bio, lit, calc
state: michigan</p>
<p>Check out Williams, Wesleyan, Carleton, Harvey Mudd, and Grinnell. These are all LACs.</p>
<p>However, there are quite a few larger schools that offer small classes. UPenn and Tufts are two private universities with small average class sizes and strong vet schools.</p>
<p>Certainly take a look at St. Olaf College for natural science and math.</p>
<p>Also, Kalamazoo, Carleton (MN), Beloit (WI), Lawrence (WI), Oberlin (OH), Davidson (NC) and Bates (ME). Best of luck!</p>
<p>Check old threads.</p>
<p>But Carleton, Grinnell, Haverford, and Wesleyan are must considerations in my view.</p>
<p>Grinnell has exceptional sciences among the top LACs: Beautiful state-of-the-art facilities, the smallest intro class sizes in bio, chem, physics (less than 30), the faculty get great ratings on rate my prof, and there is an abundance of money to support student research and internships, and no distribution requirements. </p>
<p>Best of all - they are one of the only top LACs that offers merit aid. Downsides? You have like rural because, while the small town of Grinnell is two short blocks from the campus, it’s an hour’s drive to Des Moines and to Iowa City. Most important: The quirky, understated, unpretentious, intellectual and hard-working culture has to be a good fit because, like rural LACs everywhere, there is a strong sense of community and you would want to be comfortably part of it.</p>
<p>Correction: Penn’s vet school is state - supported. </p>
<p>Absent some parameters, there are only about 3,000 potential answers to this question. </p>
<p>If geography and merit money are considerations, check out Denison U. The only LAC #1 tier school to be in top 10 schools awarding most aid to most students. Great campus, 25 miles from Ohio State and Columbus, has an Olin Bio building …state of the art …btw, Olin, prior to investing in its own Franklin Olin College of Engineering, had practice of awarding a fully paid building to top programs at top schools. They are totally redoing their chem facilities , due to open this coming fall. Brand new athletic facilities. Very large endowment which is used to award merit scholarships. Much less “weird” than Oberlin, Kenyon, its primary competitors. </p>
<p>In Michigan, the #1 place I’d check out would be Hillsdale. A very unique place where there really is some academic freedom.</p>
<p>Holy Cross and Franklin&Marshall.</p>
<p>Don’t forget Reed. They have one of the best PhD productivity in the fields of natural science and mathematics.</p>
<p>Colgate - and you can do a rotation in NIH during your undergrad years</p>
<p>The University of Dallas in Irving, Texas is a little-known but excellent choice. The undergrad student/faculty ratio is 13:1. 97% of faculty hold a PhD (or highest degree available in their field). Class sizes are very small and the professors really get to know the students. The Biology program has been named one of the 38 Great Schools for Biology Majors. The Chemistry and Physics departments are very good as well. 85% of pre-med and 90% of pre-law students are accepted into professional school. There have been 30 Fulbright Scholars in the school’s 54-year history.</p>
<p>The Core Curriculum [University</a> of Dallas - The Core](<a href=“404 - Page Not Found - University of Dallas”>404 - Page Not Found - University of Dallas) and sophomore semester in Rome [University</a> of Dallas - Rome Program Home](<a href=“404 - Page Not Found - University of Dallas”>404 - Page Not Found - University of Dallas) are what really make this school unique. </p>
<p>You can go to the Scholarship Calculator to see roughly what kind of merit scholarship you would qualify for.</p>