Help needed filling out daughters college list (LACs/small research)

Thanks folks.

@cptofthehouse Right, it is that more-secure safety that she would be happy at that we are struggling with.

re: Brandeis: A couple of people here mentioned Brandeis favorably. This was mentioned earlier in the thread, but my family has a history there and my daughter doesn’t want to follow those footsteps. I also don’t believe the campus has the look she’s focused on, being only 68 years old. I concur that it’s a terrific school, and as one of the smallest research universities can almost be considered an LAC+