Stereotypical Asian Applicant - Still working on where to apply

BKSquared
Sat, 28 Aug 2021 17:00:57 +0000

If the Penn faculty member is willing to support you because he believes in you as potential asset for Penn, I would think he would support you ED or RD. It is not like you are an athletic recruit where the coach has only a limited number of supported slots where the quid pro quo for support is an ED app. The reason to apply ED to Penn is that ED provides a real admissions bump and you would be happy to forego other opportunities if you got in. Agree with @skieurope that the LoR should not be the reason.