"LOR" from PA?

[OnceAndFutureGrad]

I met my PA and scholarly intellect-crush at a conference several months ago. She invited me out to tea and we had a great time together. She actually told me that she hoped I came to her university before I had even brought up advising. She's a bit of a heavyweight in her department but I don't know if she is on the ever-mysterious admissions committee. A colleague of mine suggested that I get her offer to be my adviser on paper and include it in my application. I've never heard of this, but I'd be dumb not to do so if such a thing exists. If one can earn a "LOR" from a PA, how does one go about asking for it?

[rising_star]

Okay, it wouldn't be an LOR. What it would be is someone agreeing to be your advisor. Ask the person via email if they might be interested and, if s/he says yes, include a sentence saying this in your SOP.