This is so helpful, thank you! Anyone else?

Grinnell for sure.

Kalamazoo is lesser known/less prestige but great STEM outcomes and will be among the least expensive options after merit. Shows up on the NSF lists. Just such a bargain.

St. Olaf might be a good option? They give fantastic merit, and the education is great. Robust science facilities and research opportunities. I suspect it’d be much, much harder to get in if it weren’t a dry campus — that’s a limiter from the start for many.

Hendrix also shows up on the NSF list and guarantees a flagship match. Seems to attract a really fun (and surprisingly progressive given the location) group of students.

Maybe Whitman if you’re willing to go that far — amazing resources, strong merit.

If a girl, Mount Holyoke and Bryn Mawr seem to have great STEM outcomes and offer merit.

Reed is stellar for STEM but as far as I know they still aren’t offering merit.

Bio has got to be the single worst undergrad major.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Grinnell and Oberlin are both good choices for bio with merit.
Reed is very good, but not much merit.
Ursinus has new bioscience facilities and very generous aid.

Very strongBio/ physical sciences with good merit? This is the answer.

+1

Union

Anonymous wrote:DD has a great resume, GPA 3.9, wants a SLAC and a career in STEM, possibly bio. We will probably need merit aid. Where should she be looking?

How much merit aid?

Anonymous wrote:Harvey Mudd, Grinnell and Swarthmore. Period.

Someone did not read the assignment. Period. (Hint: MERIT AID)

Harvey Mudd, Grinnell and Swarthmore. Period.

Davidson is amazing but merit is unlikely.

Bucknell

Anonymous wrote:Grinnell and Oberlin are both good choices for bio with merit.
Reed is very good, but not much merit.
Ursinus has new bioscience facilities and very generous aid.

Very strongBio/ physical sciences with good merit? This is the answer.

Anonymous wrote:From the list of schools that rank well in per capita production of PhD candidates in biological sciences and give merit aid...

Earlham
Mount Holyoke
Grinnell
St. Olaf
Ursinus
Juniata
Kalamazoo
St. Mary's College of Maryland

https://www.collegetransitions.com/dataverse/top-feeders-phd-programs#biological-sciences

Yes, and also run the net price calculators (or https://myintuition.org) for the others on the list:

Hampshire
Haverford
Pomona
Swarthmore
Carleton
Harvey Mudd
Amherst
Reed
etc.

Grinnell and Oberlin are both good choices for bio with merit.
Reed is very good, but not much merit.
Ursinus has new bioscience facilities and very generous aid.

From the list of schools that rank well in per capita production of PhD candidates in biological sciences and give merit aid...

Earlham
Mount Holyoke
Grinnell
St. Olaf
Ursinus
Juniata
Kalamazoo
St. Mary's College of Maryland

https://www.collegetransitions.com/dataverse/top-feeders-phd-programs#biological-sciences

DD has a great resume, GPA 3.9, wants a SLAC and a career in STEM, possibly bio. We will probably need merit aid. Where should she be looking?