University of New Mexico hit all the right notes. S and I loved the Southwestern adobe look of the buildings, and all of them were immaculately maintained. The interior of the library is especially gorgeous, with lofty ceilings and exposed, carved, inlaid beams that appear to be lodgepole pine.
The campus is also an arboretum, so there are lots and lots of trees. S said that for him, the campus architectural vibe was fortress-monastery, and he means that in a good way, having grown up around the California missions. He said the campus also felt like its own small town with enough going on that there would really be a reason to leave unless you just wanted to, or for some type of out-doorsy thing such as skiing or hiking.
Housing - Again, everything was very well maintained, the earliest dorm, Hokona, was built in the 1950s (if I remember my tour info accurately!) but didn’t feel dated aside from being the traditional style with group bathrooms down the hall from the rooms.
Doubles in the traditional and suite-style buildings are quite small - small enough that I’ve strongly suggested to my introverted S that he (we!) pay the extra money for a single. Additionally, the suite-style doubles are clusters of three doubles with one bathroom between them, so not really what you would think of as a suite.
The 4-bed/1 bath and 6-bed/2-bath apartments were pretty sweet. Far and away S’s favorite. THe housing staff was super helpful, One of them even walked us to our next appointment because it was in a confusing building to find.
There’s a lot of art all over campus, large sculptures and other installations. We liked that.
The dining hall is undergoing a major renovation, so it was at half capacity, but even so, S was impressed. Me, not so much, but that’s because I’ve seen a fair number of dining halls in my day. 
They had the standard fare of burgers, fries, pizza and hot / cold sandwiches, plus a salad bar and some vegetarian & ethnic options. It sounds like a lot describing it, but there weren’t very many selections at each station, so I hope the choices rotate daily or the kids will get tired of the fook pretty quickly. On the upside, there’s a Starbucks-style coffee bar and they make a mean latte!
We did the general tour, the housing tour, and then we met with the Director of pre-health advising (who spent more than an hour with my S!) and got a tour of the drama department / facilities. Everyone was super nice and accommodating, including giving us comp tickets to one of the plays tomorrow night.
This was S’s first choice school on paper, and you’d think a school couldn’t go up from first place, but UNM has. 
S says the other schools will have to work pretty hard to have any chance of luring him away.