<p>My daughter is planning on prevet/bio/chem. Any info on good LACs in these areas?
Thanks!</p>
<p>Don’t know about prevet, but good top LACs for sciences in general are Swarthmore, Grinnell, Williams, Carleton, and Wesleyan.</p>
<p>I can second Grinnell, where S is a chem major. Wonderful state of the art science facilities, huge endowment that supports student research, among other things, incredibly accessible faculty, no distribution requirements and highly personalized advising and mentoring. Oh, and great merit aid. S routinely drops into his professors’ offices to chat or ask questions. He couldn’t be happier.</p>
<p>Pomona, where you also have the chance to take classes at Harvey Mudd.</p>
<p>Would argue the vast majority of top LACs will provide a very solid science education to a pre-med/vet/dent student. This applies, in particular, to a biology major (understandably bio tends to be a very popular major and strong/large departments are found pretty universally amongst these schools).</p>
<p>If chemistry is truly a particular interest she may want to do more homework. I’d agree with teenage_cliche’s list and add schools like Pomona, Bowdoin and Reed. Carleton, notably, produces more physical science majors and PhD’s in these fields than any non-tech (e.g. Mudd and Caltech) US college or university.</p>
<p>Bates is a good school with good science programs. Amherst would be good. How about Bryn Mawr or Wellesley.</p>
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Most veterinary schools require several hundred hours of animal experience. It would be prudent to select a college that supports interaction with domestic animals (preferably in a medical setting, but handling usually counts as well).</p>
<p>Warren Wilson and Hampshire have farms, for example.</p>
<p>Check out the admissions requirements for the veterinary college in your state. I cannot emphasize this enough. Some require specialized courses in animal science that LACs do not offer.</p>
<p>F&M, Holy Cross.</p>