<p>I know a UPenn professor that is the chief scientific advisor to my dad's company that would be excellent for the professor question, but the only problem is that he is a graduate school professor.</p>
<p>Is it a bad idea to be talking about a grad professor for this prompt?</p>
<p>No, this is all hypothetical. According to my regional Penn admissions officer, they use it more as a means of getting prospective students to research Penn's website more than anything else. Oh, and for you to show consistency. I honestly doubt they'd even notice he's a Graduate-only professor if you talked about him. </p>
<p>After all, just because he teaches grads doesn't mean he couldn't do research with an undergraduate frosh in a hypothetical circumstance like this one.</p>
<p>Ok cool thanks alot</p>
<p>you can also enroll in grad classes if you are legit enough in the field</p>
<p>so would it be ok then to discuss an associate professor?</p>
<p>Yes it's fine. Again, they ask this question to make you research their school/website more.
(I talked about was an associate professor, and I was admitted)</p>
<p>great news (considering i already wrote it). thanks!</p>
<p>what if i talked about a professor that teaches in a department that i didn't choose to major in? is that really bad?</p>
<p>No:
a) There's a good chance you'll change your mind about your major once you get to Penn
b) You can still take courses outside of your major, so even if you're majoring in say biology, you can still (and actually have to) take courses in history, language arts, etc.
c) They just want to see what interests you, and that you took the time to take a look at their website.</p>