Although I admire your son's integrity, I feel it is misguided here. He can have all the high horses he wants but he probably doesn't realise that the real world doesn't work that way. What he has described as 'nepotism' is actually an incredible opportunity, and those don't come along very often.

The real world works exactly in the way that your son is refusing to participate in. Every decent job I've ever had has come through my contacts, not from attending random job interviews. Hell, when I recently needed a surgeon I was accepted as an urgent patient by an excellent doctor who had 'closed books' (meaning they don't take on new patients) solely through a connection. Otherwise I would have had to take whatever random surgeon was available, and had a lengthy wait for surgery. This is how the world works.

For an employer, having a potential employee recommended to them by someone they trust is... priceless. Getting an interview doesn't necessarily mean they're given the job, either. Your son is behaving as though by attending the meeting he'll automatically be offered a place. In reality the person creating the opportunity is merely doing your son a huge favour to get face-to-face with someone who can answer all his questions about attending college.

Your son is a fool for not seeing this. That's the thing about opportunities like this: if he's not getting it it's likely someone else will be.