@fireandrain
I apologize for not starting a new thread. It did not occur to me; obviously I am a complete CC novice.
Thank you for your responses. @FireandRain, I’m not sure I see that the very link answers my question, which is whether the “commonly held conception” alluded to in the article is in fact the commonly held conception at the university (even if the student says she doesn’t think it is), but I will read this as one take on the situation. Perhaps my original wording was poor.
Son is very passionate about these issues and has dug up all kinds of facts and stats and glowing blurbs about the university but doesn’t yet have a sense of how he’d fit in. Of course he may not be admitted, and he’s looking at lot of other schools.
(p.s.I think I am going to retire from CC!)