Anonymous
Post 05/28/2024 06:53     Subject: Re:SLAC with strong STEM
Anonymous wrote:Union

+1 Do they give good merit though?
Anonymous
Post 05/28/2024 06:52     Subject: SLAC with strong STEM
Dickinson is amazing.
Anonymous
Post 05/28/2024 06:44     Subject: SLAC with strong STEM
Anonymous wrote:It's pretty much impossible to find a reputable SLAC with good STEM and merit. Something is going to have to give.


+1
Anonymous
Post 05/28/2024 00:43     Subject: Re:SLAC with strong STEM
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


This table is such a good example of people not understanding data.

The strength of a program is not indicated by the number of Ph.Ds they produce, but the percentage of students in the major who go on to earn Ph.Ds.

A school X that sends 95% of their biology majors on to PhD programs is a stronger school than Y that sends 40%, even if X produces only 85 grads to Y’s 600.
Anonymous
Post 05/28/2024 00:01     Subject: SLAC with strong STEM
Grinnell, Davidson, Williams
Anonymous
Post 05/27/2024 17:46     Subject: SLAC with strong STEM
Anonymous wrote:It's pretty much impossible to find a reputable SLAC with good STEM and merit. Something is going to have to give.


Several schools have been mentioned that are strong in STEM and give merit. Generally they are in locations some see as less desirable.
Anonymous
Post 05/27/2024 15:09     Subject: SLAC with strong STEM
Wesleyan, Colby
Anonymous
Post 05/27/2024 15:02     Subject: SLAC with strong STEM
Lafayette or not sure if a SLAC but Rose Hulman
Anonymous
Post 05/27/2024 12:47     Subject: SLAC with strong STEM
Anonymous wrote:It's pretty much impossible to find a reputable SLAC with good STEM and merit. Something is going to have to give.


good point
Anonymous
Post 05/27/2024 12:45     Subject: SLAC with strong STEM
It's pretty much impossible to find a reputable SLAC with good STEM and merit. Something is going to have to give.
Anonymous
Post 05/27/2024 12:40     Subject: SLAC with strong STEM
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?
Caltech isn't a SLAC, but it's small enough to feel like one.
Anonymous
Post 05/27/2024 10:57     Subject: SLAC with strong STEM
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?


You know why schools give merit aid, right?
Anonymous
Post 05/27/2024 10:00     Subject: SLAC with strong STEM
Anonymous wrote:Swarthmore can get her into any Bio PhD program. 20 years out most of those grads still have low earnings.


No merit aid at Swarthmore.
Anonymous
Post 05/27/2024 09:31     Subject: SLAC with strong STEM
Swarthmore can get her into any Bio PhD program. 20 years out most of those grads still have low earnings.
Anonymous
Post 05/27/2024 09:28     Subject: SLAC with strong STEM
Smith if she can get in but very limited merit