@pdxtigermom , if it makes you feel any better, you could not ask for a better place to land than the University of Washington’s biology department.
http://www.stat.tamu.edu/~jnewton/nrc_rankings/nrc1.html#RANKBYAREA
http://www.stat.tamu.edu/~jnewton/nrc_rankings/nrc41.html#area13
http://www.shanghairanking.com/FieldLIFE2016.html
http://nturanking.lis.ntu.edu.tw/DataPage/TOP300.aspx?query=LifeSciences&y=2016
https://artsci.washington.edu/campaign/life-sciences-complex
Also, congratulations to your daughter for her acceptance to the Honors Program (top prospective majors: (1) Computer Science & Engineering and (2) Biology):
https://honors.uw.edu/apply/freshman/faq/
Who knows? If she continues on her current track, she might become a Rhodes or Fulbright Scholar at Washington.
http://www.chronicle.com/article/Top-Producers-of-Fulbright/239220
http://www.rhodesscholar.org/assets/uploads/RS_Number%20of%20Winners%20by%20Institution_1_30_17.pdf
The medical school right there on campus is pretty good, too, so they say:
https://www.usnews.com/best-graduate-schools/top-medical-schools/primary-care-rankings
https://www.usnews.com/best-graduate-schools/top-medical-schools/research-rankings
http://www.uwmedicine.org/uw-medical-center/observership
http://www.uwmedicine.org/education/md-program/admissions/applicants/shadowing
https://globalhealth.washington.edu/connect/internships-and-volunteering
