Choosing between LORs

Applying to College
1

<p>So basically I asked three of my teachers to write me LoRs. I know for certain that one of my teachers will write me a very good one. However, I need help between choosing between my Physics teacher's recc and Math teacher's.</p>

<ol>
<li><p>I'm pretty good at Physics and my teacher thinks i'm pretty good. I contribute to discussions in class etc, and overall i'm a pretty good student. Nothing outstanding though.</p></li>
<li><p>I'm better at Math than at any other subject, my teacher thinks i'm one of the smartest students she's taught (not trying to come off as a braggart, sorry if I do) and I voluntarily created an android app for the Math dept which they needed, but the problem is that in this one subject I talk a lot to friends in class. And she probably thinks that I'm selfish or something. So my teacher would probably put down "undisciplined" or something which I feel like will ruin my application since universities don't want a kid that sounds like he bothers other people in class etc.</p></li>
</ol>

<p>So my dilemma is this:
Use the generic good-student recommendation from my Physics teacher, or use the (probably) much more flattering recc from my Math teacher which will almost certainly also include a comment about my talkative qualities. Which one should I choose?</p>

<p>I'm applying to schools like Cornell, GTech etc for CS if that matters. Thank you for any input and sorry if I come off as conceited, I didn't mean to.</p>

2

<p>Why don’t you have a chat with both teachers and help them understand you better? I just asked a similar question earlier. I am very curious about other people’s responses. From what you said, sounded like the math teacher is a better choice if she indeed thinks you are one of the best. But you need to make sure she says so in the letter. You don’t want a generic letter especially you are applying to top schools.</p>

3

<p>Well I know she’ll write some really good things but Im also pretty certain something bad is gonna go into it as well. Plus on the teacher evaluations isn’t there a space for “disciplined work habits” or something? It feels like anything good she might write is canceled out by the bad.</p>

<p>I thought about asking my teachers but I thought it would be rude to basically get in their way of writing it. I mean it’s their opinion of me and I can’t tell them how to convey it right?</p>

4

<p>Bumpp anyone?</p>

5

<p>If you have any doubt about a recommender, don’t choose it.</p>

6

<p>Don’t worry, I’m sure Ms. Savita wrote you a nice rec.</p>