It’s important to keep in mind that a majority of profs at US four year colleges are not tenured or on tenure track. This is the most recent data:
OP should absolutely do some research on this (LACs tend to have a relatively higher proportion of tenure/TT), but it’s important to understand the context in the bigger picture (and to have realistic expectations about what the findings might look like.)
OP, reading through your preferences, I think you might prefer Haverford but got thrown off track by the (click-bait) rankings. You’ll have public transportation and access to a fun city. Academics and advising are excellent. It has a very welcoming feel to it, and the size is offset by the immediate presence of, and access to, BMC. Several of my kid’s classmates ended up there, including the one who just finished med school. Fwiw, I have been on boards with several younger Haverford alums and have found them all to be smart, thoughtful, decent human beings.
The others are all terrific schools with top-notch reputations so you can’t go wrong, but reading between the lines, you may be trying to talk them up to yourself.
Who advised you regarding college selection ?
If you wanted a specific LAC and cost is not a concern, then apply ED.
Why didn’t you apply to WashUStL ?
Attend an LAC for a year then transfer or take a gap year. Otherwise, Haverford for the location.
P.S. I suspect that you made this thread because you don’t really like any of your current options.
I’m a Haverford alum who is a big SLAC fan. I wasn’t premed or a STEM major, but many of my classmates and fellow alumni were. Haverford is highly-regarded in the medical and science worlds.
I wrote this in reply to someone trying to decide between Haverford and CWRU last year:
“Haverford has produced many doctors who have excelled in their fields. Among them are the President & CEO of the Weill Cornell Physician Organization; Professor and Chair, Department of Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery at Vanderbilt Medical Center; Chair, Department of Environmental Health Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health and Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School; Dr. Joel Selanikio, whose accomplishments are too numerous to list here; the immediate past president of the American Medical Association; a Clinical Associate Professor of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine and the founder and Director of the Penn Program for Mindfulness; and many more. I’m sure CWR has many alumni who are accomplished in medicine, but if your parents are unfamiliar with Haverford, this list might be helpful.”
Then Amherst College would not have been a good option for you.