<p>
</p>
<p>That is only part of it, but that is better accomplished in the long essay(s). Adcoms at highly selective colleges, particularly smaller colleges, are trying to build a class of Frosh. All of the stuff they ask for help them understand you from a PERSONAL level, (and not whether you are prospect for the debate team). </p>
<p>The Admission Director’s is quite clear in what they seek. Clever can work, if you are clever. Flip can work if you are genuinely flip – but that also calls into question whether that is an appealing attribute for the Frosh class. IMO, the OP’s response to “cool” is neither, and quite frankly, probably been done before.</p>