<p>If your son is set on doing pre-med and is unlikely to change, then I would definitely agree with MomofWildChild say go for CU. If he studies hard for the MCAT, keeps his GPA high, and gets to know some professors well, he’ll be just as competitive applying for med school as he would from the Ivy League. I know plenty of people from my state school’s honors program who have gotten into top med schools without any problem. </p>
<p>On the other hand, if your son ends up wanting to go into a field where contacts are extremely important like business or academia, then he might have a harder time later on coming from CU unless CU has an especially good track record/professor in some specific area. </p>
<p>Of course, it’s all financially relative too. If you can’t reasonably afford the tuition, then it’s probably not worth taking out loans, particularly in this economy.</p>