<p>I was also there for the panel yesterday and I walked away with a 180 opposite take. First of all, we (me, my son and wife) thought the admissions rep was very funny and we live in Indiana! c’mon, nobody thinks of OH, IN, MI, etc as exciting - even the tourist boards will tell you they market to people looking to ‘get away’ - thus Indiana’s new catchy slogan, ‘Re-start your Engines’. He came to our school last year and was by far (according to the kids) the most entertaining and memorable rep they met all year.</p>
<p>Anyway, I <em>liked</em> that he summarized each question for the audience and panel and gave off an air that this most academic of places could actually relax and enjoy itself on its own terms, and could turn pretensions around by mocking them. </p>
<p>You want pompous, attend a Yale or Harvard presentation.</p>