Thanks again for all of the helpful comments. Medical research is very important to D. She spent time last summer working in a medical reseach lab and LOVED it and has plans to continue research next summer as well.
The problem is, she spoke to a beloved senior teacher she looks up to yesterday and mentioned LACs, Swarthmore in particular, and this teacher didn’t see a fit for DD. Teacher told her she would like to see her at more of a top research university with more opportunity in her particular field of interest. After hearing this, D decided to take LACs off the table for now. I’m a little sad about that but I’m going to keep them on my radar. She has a year to decide so maybe I can convince her to take another look at them down the line.