Carleton: Great school, no merit aid. So does not work for OP.
Your best opportunities for merit aid will generally be in highly respected, but somewhat lower ranked, LACs in the midwest and south.
“Your best opportunities for merit aid will generally be in highly respected, but somewhat lower ranked, LACs in the midwest and south.”
Which is why the rankings from USNWR are useless.
Washington college in Chesterstown MD for merit aid and academic interests
Siena is in the top 50 schools in the US for biology. Their BAMD gets 15 students into Albany Medical College. AMC just had 12,000 applicants for the 90 spots not filled by the joint programs with Siena, Union and RPI. Also you get into med school at age 22 not 26 the average age of AMC accepted students.