<p>Do admissions officers like it if we answer in a witty way? Maybe a little panache?</p>
<p><a href=“Tips for Stanford University applicants: you need a little panache”>http://wiselikeus.com/collegewise/2009/11/stanford-university.html</a></p>
<p>Absolutely! As long as you can be clever and still be you. You don’t have to show all your flaws, but you don’t want to seem like a dull perfectionist either. Be 18 and human, along with all the great things that you are!</p>
<p>Absolutely, but do it with taste.</p>