If your son really doesn’t know what he wants to do, but you have faith that he’ll find himself, as he pursues the GE requirements at a 4-year university, I’d probably roll the dice–especially if you think he may be inclined toward medicine or law, etc.
Our kids went Ivy League–but they knew exactly what that wanted to do–and they got in–so we went along for the ride, and it worked out.
Whatever you can do for him will be to his advantage. My kids, now in their late 20’s, found an extremely competitive job market before they nailed down their positions, and it and will only become more and more competitive as time goes on.
