<p>You can get into a PhD program no matter where you go to undergrad. What he does is way more important than where he goes. My uncle, PhD from Stanford, undergrad, Wyoming. New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, international perennial powerhouse (NOT!), produces more PhDs per baccalaureate awarded than any other public institution in the nation (I linked the paper below, yes, like any paper, it has biases and flaws). He needs to find a school where he will feel most comfortable to flourish. In the end, most are happy with where they went to undergrad and largely what they get out of the experience is proportional to what they put in.</p>
<p><a href=“http://www.nsf.gov/statistics/infbrief/nsf08311/nsf08311.pdf[/url]”>http://www.nsf.gov/statistics/infbrief/nsf08311/nsf08311.pdf</a></p>