<p>Hey,</p>
<pre><code> I am a senior at a high school in New Jersey and I am seriously looking at the University of Pennslyvania. I want to major in Economics at UPenn and my Economics teacher at my high school this year is an alumnus of UPenn, where he also majored in Economics. He likes me as a student and has told me that if I want to apply to UPenn, he'll write me a recommendation. I was wondering how much value, if any, a recommendation from an alumnus of UPenn would hold?
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