<p>FWIW from a full professor at a Research I university-- My daughter intends
on majoring in Biology this fall. In other words she will be a freshman!</p>
<p>We studied several university types- major state flagship AAU members, major
Research I privates i.e. several Ivies plus Duke - Northwestern - U of Chicago etc.,
as well as liberal arts colleges. Like my daughter I believe it is important to have
maximum focus on her for her education as an undergraduate. This will happen
at various high quality LAC’s. It may or may not happen at the Research I intitutions.
Certain of the folks I work with give lip service to the undergraduates but when
push comes to shove-- the doctoral and masters students are focused upon as
it is in the interest of the faculty members research agenda. (various ways)</p>
<p>In the end, D applied to our home state AAU flagship and 4 Womens LAC’s. We will
be accepting the offer at a particular WLAC-- thrilled with a quality education
upcoming.</p>
<p>.02 David</p>