<p>No Token, what I advocate is giving the college the information the applicant wants the college to have. If we are talking about a "well-negotiated result" (your words), then the art of negotiation is in control of information, supplying the information that most supports the goal, not full disclosure. An artful response might be, "I'm looking at colleges with strong writing programs" with a segue into why that is important to the applicant - as opposed to giving the name of a specific college.</p>