<p>I think she needs to go and look at the schools she is considering. Champagne-Urbana is excellent but it sounds that it might not be the right place for your daughter. She should check out how many students are actually taught by full time faculty, the number of chem majors and what they tend to do after school. She should sit in on intro and upper division chem classes.<br>
As a chem major, she should be doing research in a lab after her sophomore year, so she needs faculty that can take the time to look out for her in the research lab. I would worry that at Champagne-Urbana she would find herself relegated to the lower rungs of labwork, because the interesting jobs would be taken by post-docs and graduate students. A smaller less high powered state school or a LAC might be a better choice. I would like to second the suggestion of Grinnell if she likes small classes. Grinnell is a need blind choice that meets need 100%.</p>