<p>Some advise please. Northeast colleges. Not to big. Med and small good. Which ones are strong in Biology? Which ones give decent merit scholarships? My d has GPA 4.25, and SAT which she is working on of 1260. By the way thank you everyone who helped me with the other thread I had out there about increasing her SAT score many thanks.</p>
<p>Juniata college in Pennsylvania has a strong Biology department, very good merit aid and an excellent reputation for placement into medical school. Downside is the location.</p>
<p>SUNY Stonybrook</p>
<p>Biology is a fairly common major and as such most NE schools would have pretty good biology departments. Of course some like Babson or Bentley, with a decided preference toward business, you may want to stay away from. Obviously Tufts would be an excellent choice but without a 1300 or above on the SAT merit aid would be tough to come by. Mari st in Poughkeepsie NY, as I understand it, gives good merit for someone with your D's stats. I would also look into Fair field, Assumption, and Clark. Frankly for a female trying to get the best education available at a bargain price, you can't do better then Smith or Mount Holyoke. These two are not coed, however, the exceptence rate into grad schools out of these two schools terrific if your daughter has an eye on med school. I think at a school like Mitchell in Conn. your "D" would be a top candidate for merit, maybe Drew in N.J. The SUNY New York public honors college in Geneseo NY is loaded with bright kids and even at out of state rates it's not nearly as expensive as some lesser expensive privates. UMaine Orono or the less remote Umaine Farmington (nice campus) I know with your D's stats would throw some money her way... at least they did for the S of a buddy of mine with a bare 1200 on the SAT. What I would be careful about is taking the best merit offer from a private and placing my D amongst kids who didn't rank in say the top 20% of thier HS class as I believe your D probably does. If that's what I were faced with I'd seek out an honors program in a private or go with an upper echelon public.</p>
<p>Biology in The Northeast</p>
<p>Assumption College, MA
Rensalaer Polytechnic Institute,NY
Hood College, MD
Worcester Polytechnic Institue, MA
Lehigh University, PA
University of the Sciences, PA</p>
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<blockquote> <p>Tufts would be an excellent choice but without a 1300 or above on the SAT merit aid would be tough to come by>></p> </blockquote>
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<p>There is NO merit aid at Tufts regardless of your SAT scores. They give need based aid only.</p>
<p>Drew would be a good choice. I would say that Mitchell would not be. The school's specialty these days is students who need accommodations for their learning. Many of the SUNY campuses would be good, and the price modest even without any aid (for instate students). Also, do not discount the honors colleges at the public universities. They are designed to attract the brightest students to the campus...and keep them there.</p>
<p>Mount Holyoke! (and you do not have to submit SAT scores either.)</p>
<p>If you don't mind the kind of out of the way location, look at Allegheny College in PA. Excellent science programs, good merit aid and well within your stat range.</p>
<p>Yes. I stand corrected. NO MERIT BASED Aid at Tufts. I'll add that to our list of schools NOT to apply to. Damn shame.</p>
<p>Rensalaer and Worcester P.I. are known for thier engineering programs. As these programs are populated primarily by males, by about a 3-1 ratio, your D would have a hook. A hook often times equals generous merit.</p>
<p>Franklin and Marshall has very good merit money (according to their website back when I was helping my S research) and is known for good sciences.</p>
<p>You may want to look into University of Rochester and Brandeis.</p>
<p>garland, I agree with you about F&M being very strong in the sciences. I have a distant relative that graduated about 5-7 years ago. She found it to be a very tough program. I really cannot tell you much more b/c I have really only heard about her grad school program leading to a dead end job. She went into genetic counseling, and she has not found it financially rewarding. She feels extremely underpaid, but is happy to be employed.</p>