<p>UVA should be his choice if he gets in-state, it has great academics and decent social scene, I have been told that biomed engineering is basically the same as chem. engineering plus a few bio classes in undergrad, grad school is basically a requirement for biomed engineering so it would be safe to go chem. engineering undergrad and then biomed in grad... I agree that there should be a cost+quality balance, i mean it wont help to go to like the univ. of wherever with a 4.0 just b/c you live in whereever and its really cheap but in that case choose a school that has what your looking for at decent price... also ive been told that if you have mid 5 digit assets in a students name it destroys hope of need-based aid but you should check that out b/c im just a 17 yr. old kid lol</p>