Congratulations to your daughter on her strong high school preparation which will open many college doors for her.
As Michigan has some excellent (large) public universities, I focused in on schools that would offer something different, primarily small schools and some medium ones. Small schools are often well-suited to students who are undecided, as they rarely restrict the number of students allowed to major in a field, so students can explore and then major in what interests them, rather than what has space remaining (which is really most common in CS, engineering, and business). These schools are sorted by my very fallible sense of what I think your daughter’s chances for admission might be. If you give us more insight into what your daughter does or does not want, then the list can be tailored to better fit her interests.
Extremely Likely (80-99+%)
- Allegheny (PA ): About 1600 undergrads
- Cornell College (IA): About 1k undergrads
- DePauw (IN): About 1700 undergrads
- Gustavus Adolphus (MN): About 2300 undergrads
- Hope (MI): About 3100 undergrads
- Kalamazoo (MI): About 1200 undergrads
- Lawrence (WI): About 1500 undergrads
- Ursinus (PA ): About 1600 undergrads
Likely (60-79%)
- College of Wooster (OH): About 2k undergrads
- Ohio Wesleyan: About 1300 undergrads, with a really interesting array of bio-related majors, especially for its size
- St. Olaf (MN): About 3k undergrads
- Whitman (WA): About 1600 undergrads
Toss-Up (40-59%)
- Denison (OH): About 2300 undergrads
- Kenyon (OH): About 1900 undergrads
- Oberlin (OH): About 2900 undergrads
Lower Probability (20-39%)
Low Probability (less than 20%)
Mid-Sized Schools, but less “small town”
- Bradley (IL): About 4300 undergrads
- Creighton (NE): About 4500 undergrads
- Gonzaga (WA): About 5k undergrads
- U. of Dayton (OH): About 8600 undergrads
- U. of St. Thomas (MN): About 6100 undergrads