[Catspaw]

Because letters of recommendation are voluntary and indeed, purely arbitrary, the professors can and do write letters of recommendation for whomever they want. I would've have asked a prof with whom I didn't agree (or intensely loathed & vice versa) for a letter of recommendation. I would've gone to a prof who would portray me in the most flattering light.

[Catspaw]

I would've

Make that "I wouldn't have"