I find AOs who are candid to be more refreshing. Do we really need AOs to be salespersons for their colleges? Besides, a student would probably never deal with an AO once enrolled in the college. As long as the college has good professors in the areas your kids are interested in and a student body that’s collaborative and can challenge them as peers, should you care about what a single AO’s opinion on a subject that may not be relevant to or beyond the college application itself?