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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My dc is also hoping to major in Bio and go on to pursue a Phd and go into research and most likely become a professor. He is really hoping for a LAC because he wants the opportunity to learn from professors he can build a relationship with and aspire to be like...but the top ones likely won't take him with a 3.5 UW and 30 ACT. Any suggestions for LAC with great bio departments that would take a very focused and determined kid with less than stellar stats? [/quote]

What kind of bio? Many of the colleges that change lives would work. [/quote]

He is mostly interested in cellular and molecular. I have looked at the "colleges that change lives" and many of them are just small and below-average schools. He is very concerned about landing somewhere that will be a detriment to his grad school applications, and even more concerned about being surrounded by unmotivated students. His low GPA is due to craving the challenge of an all honors and full IB diploma courseload that I could not talk him out of. If there's a harder class, he wants in. It's a shame his achievement doesn't match his drive. I know he'll get where he wants to go in the end, even if he can't start where he'd prefer. [/quote]

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