<p>(By “table things”, I mean the table teachers get with the common app where they put checkmarks for your ability in different areas, like maturity, academic promise, motivation, etc.)</p>
<p>I’m asking this because I asked my English teacher to do my rec. She’s had me for 3 years now, and I know that she loves my writing and ideas and academic stuff, but she let me know that if she did my rec she wouldn’t write me as in the top 10% for motivation, because I tend to joke around and procrastinate a lot. She said she still has great things to say about my actual work, and she wouldn’t talk about my joking around in the rec, but she still wouldn’t lie in the graph thing in the common app. Is this a big problem, or will I be ok? I’m applying to some very competitive schools, and a little worried that they might look suspiciously at that one checkmark.</p>
<p>Thanks!</p>