Even our poor high school has MANY trips to the nearby colleges, so I would not spend my time looking at those as much as ones they won't visit. Colorado College in the Springs is supposed to be small LAC that is highly regarded. I know Ghost is talented in many areas but if he is interested in math/science, we just visited NM Tech in Socorro. It is a very good school--probably top 10 technical schools, receiving more money from govt for research than any other school (I've heard). They have so many neat research projects and opportunities. Check out SSP for when he's a junior.

We are going to visit some colleges this summer too for 10th grade DS. Maybe NY (DS is applying to a summer program there are in IL, so we'll see which he gets into/chooses).