A piece of advice I would give to students: If you're applying to N universities, have your professors write recommendation letters to accompany applications to N+1 universities (including a university that you're lying about wanting to apply to). Chances are, you'll get N+1 copies of the same letter in sealed envelopes. Open one. If you dislike what they write about you, throw them all in the trash and ask another professor.
Why do I recommend such an unethical course of behaviour? Because some professors are just nice people who want nice things for their students and who will write nice things in letters of recommendations. And some professors will have a character deficiency that will make them feel better about themselves by writing mean things about other people. ...in each case, the "personality test" around the professor has nothing to do with you, so why should you suffer the consequences if you misjudged someone's character.
Why do I recommend such an unethical course of behaviour? Because some professors are just nice people who want nice things for their students and who will write nice things in letters of recommendations. And some professors will have a character deficiency that will make them feel better about themselves by writing mean things about other people. ...in each case, the "personality test" around the professor has nothing to do with you, so why should you suffer the consequences if you misjudged someone's character.