<p>There are lots of strong STEM programs at LACs, from the top of the alphabet: Amherst, Bowdoin, Bucknell, Colgate, to the bottom: Pomona, Richmond, Swarthmore, Wesleyan. You have to find the schools with the reputations for STEM, see how they fit, and then ask the admissions officers and directors of undergraduate studies or the chairs of your department of interest about research opps on- and off-campus. </p>